Thread by @SharanMishra

If we are to look for the origins of the #Yoginis, it appears that we must turn to the simple village cult & to the #GramaDevatas/ #GramaDevatis, the local village #gods & #goddesses. In villages of #India they are the favoured #deities
- Vidya Dehejia

#Bhubaneswar #Odisha

List of 64 #Yoginis at #Chausathi #Jogini #Temple (#Hirapur), near #Bhubaneswar #Odisha
1) Maya - standing on a corpse lying straight
2) Tara - mounted on a corpse in bent knee pose
3) Narmada - standing on an elephant
4) Yamuna - standing on a tortoise
#Tantra #Tantric #Yogini

5) Shanti - standing on a full blown lotus
6) Varuni - standing on waves
7) Ajita - standing on an alligator
8) Indrani - mounted on an elephant
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9) Varahi - mounted on a buffalo
10) Ranavira - standing on a serpent
11) Ostragreeba or Murati - mounted on a camel (there's a spelling mistake in the image)
12) Vaishnavi - mounted on #Garuda
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13) Virupa/ Panchavarahi - mounted on a boar
14) Vadyaroopa - standing on a drum
15) Charchika - mounted on a demon (#rakshyasa)
16) Marjari/ Betali - mounted on a fish
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17) Chinnamastaka - mounted on a severed head
18) Vrisabhanana - mounted on a hill (or a cave with a hole)
19) Jalakamini - standing on a big frog
20) Ghatavara - mounted on a lion
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21) Vikrali - mounted on a dog
22) Saraswati - standing on a big serpent (has a #moustache)
23) Birupa - standing on lines of waves
24) Kauvery - standing on 7 ratna kalasas
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25) Bhalluka - standing on a #padma lata (lotus creeper)
26) Narasimhi - standing on five flowers with leaves
27) Biraja - mounted on a lotus bud with leaves
28) Vikatanana - <unknown>
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29) Mohalaxmi - mounted on a full blown lotus
30) Kaumari - standing on a peacock
31) Mahamaya - 10 armed graceful figure standing on a full blown lotus
32) Rati - standing on an archer with a bow/arrow
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33) Karkari - mounted on a crab
34) Sarpasha/ Chittala - <unknown>
35) Yosha - standing on a cot with four legs
36) Aghora/ Vaivasvati - mount is #Horned #Goat like animal
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37) Bhadrakali - mounted on a crow
38) Vinayaki/ Shitala/ Matangi - standing on an ass
39) Bindhyabalini - mounted on a rat
40) Abhaya/ Veera Kumari - mounted on a scorpion
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41) Maheswari - mounted on a bull
42) Kamakshi/ Ambika - standing on a mongoose
43) Kamayani - standing on a peacock
44) Ghatabari - mounted on a lion
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45) Stutee - mounted on a 'haladi kathua' (pot for turmeric paste)
46) Kali - standing on a male body
47) Uma - mounted on lotus flowers
48) Narayani - <pedestal has an earthern pot>
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49) Samudra - standing on a conch shell
50) Brahmani - mounted on a book
51) Jwalamukhhi - mounted on a platform with 8 legs
52) Agneyi - standing on a Ram
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53) Aditi - standing on a parrot
54) Chandrakanti - mounted on a wooden cot with 4 legs
55) Vayudega - standing on a female yak
56) Chamunda - standing on a musk deer
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57) Murati - mounted on a horned deer
58) Ganga - standing on the back of a #Makara
59) Dhumavati/ Tarini - mounted on a duck
60) Gandhari - standing on a horse
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61) Sarva Mangala - <her niche is empty>
62) Ajita - standing on a stag
63) Surya Putri - mounted on a galloping horse
64) Vayu Veena - standing on a black buck
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Apart from the 64 #Joginis there are 4 #Bhairavas
1) Ekapada/ Ajaikpada Bhairav
2) Bhairava 2
3) Bhairava 3
4) Bhairava 4
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And 9 #Katyayanis or Naba Katyayanis
1) Katyayani No. 1
2) Katyayani No. 2
3) Katyayani No. 3
4) Katyayani No. 4
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1) Katyayani No. 5
2) Katyayani No. 6
3) Katyayani No. 7
4) Katyayani No. 8
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Katyayani No. 9
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