Underrated af Hindu deities that DESERVE recognition:
1. Pratyangira: Goddess of magical spells.
2. Narasimhi: Goddess of magical spells and black magic.
3. Aranyani: Goddess of forests.
4. Yami: Goddess of death and sister of Yama.
5. Pushan: God of marriage, travelling, roads and feeding cattle.
6. Varuni: Goddess of wine.
7. Kamakhya: Goddess of desire.
8. Ratri: Goddess of night.
9. Nasatya and Dasra (Ashwins): Twin gods of medicine.
10. Annapurna: Goddess of food and nourishment.
11. Shakambhari: Goddess of vegetation.
12. Mariamman: Goddess of rain.
13. Shitala: Goddess of cold and disease.
14. Dhata: God of health and magic.
15. Vishwakarma: God of architecture.
16. Skanda: God of war.
17. Shani: God of karma and justice.
18. Manasa: Goddess of snakes and fertility.
19. Kubera: God of wealth.
20. Nidra: Goddess of sleep.
21. Chamunda: Goddess of war, famine and fear.
22. Akhilandeshwari: The Cosmic Egg, she who is never not broken, Goddess of brokenness.
23. Dhumavati: The Widow Goddess.
24. Chitragupta: God of justice.
25. Murugun: God of war, victory and knowledge.
26. Jyestha: Goddess of laziness and elder sister of Lakshmi.
27. Alakshmi: Goddess of misfortune and twin sister of Lakshmi.
28. Amsha and Vivasan: Solar deities.
29. Dantakali: Goddess of teeth.
30. Himavat: God of the Himalayas.
31. Samudra: God of seas and oceans.
32. Dyaus: God of sky.
33. Tapati: Sun Goddess.
34. Rohini: Moon Goddess and one of the Nakshatra deities.
35. Pramatha: God of ghosts...? (sources unclear)
36. Shachi: Goddess of jealousy.
37. Jara: Goddess of old age and daughter of death.
38. Mara: Goddess of death.
39. Chhaya: Goddess of shadows.
40. Ushas: Goddess of dawn.
41. Sanjna/Sandhya: Goddess of dusk, clouds and chastity, sister of Kama.
42: Bhramari: Goddess of bees.
43: Bankamundi: Goddess of hunting and fertility.
44: Bhadra: God of hunting.
45. Rundas: God of hunting and fortune.
46. Vasanta: God of spring and flowers.
47. Savitr: Solar deity, mostly of sunsets and sunrises. Also god of motion.
48. Anila: God of cosmic elements.
49. Danu: Goddess of (primordial) waters.
50. Revanta: God of hunting, horses and warriors.
51. Bahuchara: Goddess of chastity and fertility.
52. Rati: Goddess of love, desire and passion.
53: Kanyakumari: Goddess of chastity.
54. Nirrti: Goddess of death, decay and sorrow.
55: Kotravai: Goddess of war and victory.
56: Vac: Goddess of speech.
57: Sarama: Attendent goddess of dogs (not that sure)
58: Karni: Goddess of power, victory and mice.
59. Asvajayu: Goddess of fortune, joy, good luck and happiness.
60. Dhisana: Goddess of prosperity.
61. Mohini: Goddess of enchantment.
62. Lajja Gauri: Goddess of abundance, fertility and sexuality.
63. Shashthi: Goddess of vegetation and reproduction (also benefactor and protector of children).
64. Anumati: Moon goddess of spirituality.
65. Poleramma: Goddess of plague and smallpox.
66. Phul: Goddess of disease.
67. Santoshi: Goddess of satisfaction.
68. Tara: Goddess of felicity and optimism (she is different from Tara, who is a Mahavidya, a tantric form of Parvati).
69. Oladevi: Goddess of cholera.
70. Apam Napat: God of water.
71. Bhaga: God of wealth.
72. Vinayaki: Elephant-headed Goddess of wisdom
73. Chelamma: A Scorpion Goddess
74. Saranyu: Goddess of clouds.
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।। कृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्त्वमहं न जाने ।।
𝑨 𝑩𝑬𝑨𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑭𝑼𝑳 𝑫𝑬𝑺𝑪𝑹𝑰𝑷𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑶𝑭 𝑺𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑬 𝑲𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑯𝑵𝑨 :
कस्तूरी तिलकं ललाट पटले वक्षः स्थले कौस्तुभं।
(𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒌𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊-𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑲𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒃𝒉𝒂 𝒈𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕)
नासाग्रे वरमौक्तिकं करतले वेणुः करे कंकणं।।
(𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍-𝒋𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒑, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒂𝒏 (𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆) 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅)
सर्वांगे हरि चन्दनं सुललितं कंठे च मुक्तावली।
(𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍-𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌)
गोपस्त्रीपरिवेष्टितो विजयते गोपाल चूडामणिः।।
(𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒔, 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔, 𝑶 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒔.)
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