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#Varahi is one of the sabtha kannikais (seven divine mothers) in Hinduism. She has a boar form, wields a chakra (discus) and fights with a sword. Varahi is the shakti (feminine energy) of Varaha, the boar avatar of the god Vishnu. In Nepal, she is called Barahi. In Rajasthan 
and Gujarat, she is venerated as Dandini. The Markendeya Purana praises Varahi as a granter of boons and the regent of the Northern direction, in a hymn where the divine Mothers are declared as the protectors of the directions. In another instance in the same Purana, she is
described as riding a buffalo. In the Varaha Purana, the story of Raktabija is retold, but here each of Matrikas appears from the body of another Matrika. Varahi appears seated on Shesha-nāga (the serpent on which the god Vishnu sleeps) from the posterior of Vaishnavi, the Shakti
Goddess Vārāhī:
The Goddess Vārāhī is one of the major deities in the Śrī Vidyā tradition. Rājasyamala and Vārāhī are the main pair of deities associated with Lalitā. While Rājaśyāmalā represents the female side, cooling moon or iḍā nāḍī and the five downward
The Goddess Vārāhī is one of the major deities in the Śrī Vidyā tradition. Rājasyamala and Vārāhī are the main pair of deities associated with Lalitā. While Rājaśyāmalā represents the female side, cooling moon or iḍā nāḍī and the five downward
triangles in the Śrī Cakra, Vārāhī represents the male side, sun energy or piṅgala nāḍī and the four upward triangles in the Śrī Cakra.
Major manifestations of Vārāhī are known from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
Major manifestations of Vārāhī are known from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
