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manifesting both divine as well as evil powers or exclusively manifesting evil spirits, their idols are not installed but only their depicted pictures are kept and worshipped.
Each and every family has got its own family Goddess, Their status also varies amongst themselves by the hirearchical status of the Goddesses.
Normally the Vagharis do not worship any God or Goddesses installed in other's Madhs but now a little bit change is observed and they go to worship or go for the Darshan of the other's Gods and Goddesses which are not popular in their communities, Of course, it does not mean that they have lost faith in their Goddesses. In fact, their faith in their Goddesses. has remained as strong as it was before. "Deity and tutelary deity
All the ethnic groups of Vagharis have their own ‘Madhs' erected in their vicinity, The details of the clan (kul) goddesses are as under :
No.
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2.
Details regardinag the Kul-Devi (Family Deity) Name of the
Kul-Devi
Other Gods and Community
Goddesses Kutchhi
Ashapura
Haji-Pir Ma-Bhavani Santoși-Ma
Amba Datania (Ahmedabad)
Kalka Chamunda Meladi
Vihot Datania (Rajpipla)
Bigagiri Chār Minar Ādya-Shakti
Bathiji Datania (Saurashtra)
Meladi
Ma-Mar Khodiyar
Chavand Kalka
Vachharā-Dada Dagai
Mandavrai Totadi
Bahucharajı Aanavali
Shetrunji. Patani (Kutch)
Meladi
Shakti Fulvadi
Meladı Kalka Khodiyar
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