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    Renuka is a Hindu goddess worshipped in parts of India like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. She is considered a shakti peetha and her main temple is located in Mahur, Maharashtra. Renuka is depicted as having a lion as her mount and was the wife of Jamadagni and the mother of Parshurama.

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    Renuka is a Hindu goddess worshipped in parts of India like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. She is considered a shakti peetha and her main temple is located in Mahur, Maharashtra. Renuka is depicted as having a lion as her mount and was the wife of Jamadagni and the mother of Parshurama.

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    Renuka: Re ukā/Renuga/Renu Is A Hindu Goddess

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    Reṇukā/Renuga/Renu is a Hindu goddess


    worshipped predominantly in the Indian
    states of Karanataka, Maharashtra,
    Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal
    Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.[1] Renuka's
    temple at Mahur in Maharashtra is
    considered one of the shakti peethas.
    Renuka

    The icon of Renuk at the sanctum of the Mahur


    temple, a Shakti Peetha

    Affiliation devi

    Abode Mahur

    Mount Lion

    Personal information

    Consort Jamadagni

    Children Parshurama, Vasu


    Different names
    Renuka/Renu or Yellamma or Ekvira or
    Ellai amman or Ellai amma (Marathi: ी.
    रेणुका/ ये लुआई, Kannada: ೕ ಎಲಮ
    ೕಣು ಾ, Telugu : ణుక/ ఎలమ , Tamil:
    ேர /Renu) is worshipped as the
    goddess (devi) of the fallen, in the Hindu
    pantheon. Yellamma is the patron goddess
    of the south Indian states of Telangana,
    Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil
    Nadu. Her devotees revere her as the
    "Mother of the Universe" or "Jagadamba".

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