Mhasoba
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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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- www.shrimhasobamaharaj.org
- Main temple in Maharashtra location
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