In Rajasthan goddess Sanjhi is an incarnation of:
(A) Seeta
(B) Parvati
(C) Laxmi
(D) Usha
(E) Question not attempted
Answer: (B) Parvati
Sanjhi is the name of a mother goddess, after whom images are made of mud and molded into various shapes such as cosmic bodies or the face of the goddess, and they get different colors.
The image made of mud and molded is designed on the first day of the nine days of Durga Puja or Navratri. Every day women from the neighborhood are invited for singing bhajans and performing Aarti.
Shailaputri (शैलपुत्री), is the daughter of the Mountain King Himavat, and is a manifestation and form of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi, as a form of goddess Parvati. She is the first Navadurga venerated during the first day of Navratri, and is a reincarnation of Goddess Sati.
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