Ashapura Mata

Murti of Ashapura Mata at the Ghumli temple

Ashapura Mata is one of aspect devi. Her temples are mainly found in Gujarat.

In Rajasthan, her temples are in Modran and Nadol.

She is considered as kuldevi of Jadeja. The main temple is located at Mata no Madh in Kutch, where she is worshiped as kuldevi of Jadeja rulers of Kutch and main guardian deity of region.^[1]Even many Chauhan Rajputs also worship he as Kuldevi.

Her temples are also found in other Jadeja domains of Rajkot, Jasdan,^[2] Morbi, Gondal, Jamnagar,^[3] Ghumli,^[3] Bhuj.^[4][5][6]

The Devda Rajputs also worship her as kuldevi. The Brahmin community like Pushkarna also worship her. Even the Vaishya community, like Vijayvargiya worship her.

The Jain community like Dugar, Bhandari from Jodhpur,Kataria from Rajasthan also worship her as Kuldevi.

The Brahma Kshatri caste also worship her as their Kuldevi.

Every year at Navratri annual fair at Mata no Madh, lakhs of devotees turn up to pay their respects to the goddess form all over Gujarat and even Mumbai.^[7]

References

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