Although beautifully painted premade idols of Gowri can be found in the local market, along with Ganesha Statues, at some households, the idols are still made from scratch at home. These idols are called Jalagauri or Arishinadagauri. On this day, a symbolic idol resembling the goddess is made out of turmeric by the Hindu women and young girls decked up in traditional ethnic attire. To appease Goddess Gowri, Swarna Gowri Vratha is performed on the 13th day or Thagide of the month of Bhadrapada when the goddess is warmly welcomed to her parents’ abode, just a day before Ganesh Chaturthi, when her son Ganesha comes to as if to take her back to her home to Kailasha. Believed to have the ability to bless her devotees with valour, power and courage, Goddess Gowri is also worshipped in the other parts of India, like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. She is also considered the most powerful goddess of all. An extremely significant festival celebrated in Karnataka, Gowri Habba or Gowri festival is celebrated just a day prior to Ganesh Chaturthi where the mother of Lord Ganesha and the wife of Lord Shiva, Goddess Gowri is worshipped as she is deemed to the very incarnation of Adi Shakti Mahamaya.
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