Mhasoba

Mhasoba

Mhasoba, pronounced "MUH-SO-BAA", is a horned buffalo deity of pastoral tribes in Western and Southern India. In Maharashtra, many Gawlis (tribes making their living cow-herding and by selling milk and milk products) have been worshipping this deity for hundreds of years.

Some experts have connected Mhasoba with Shiva, who may have been a pre-Hindu deity adopted by Brahmin/Hindu culture. In the Mhasoba cult of Maharashtra, Mhasoba (Mahisha/Mahesha, which is another name for Shiva/Shankar) is worshipped with his wife Jogubai (Durga).

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Coordinates: 18°27′16″N 73°35′05″E / 18.454361°N 73.584613°E / 18.454361; 73.584613


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