Form · Shakta · North India · Kashi (Varanasi)

Annapurna

Also called: Annada, Bhavani Gauri (the older name at Kashi)

Parvati as the giver of food, queen of Kashi, with a golden ladle and a pot, Shiva at her side holding a begging bowl. The Kashi temple's story: Shiva calls the world and its food illusion, Parvati withdraws and food vanishes, Shiva begs in Kashi and she feeds him by hand. Bharatchandra's Bengali Annada Mangal (1752) tells the same famine and feeding, with Shiva dancing for joy and Vishvakarma building her city. Shankara's Annapurna Stotram ends every verse with a plea for alms.

Sources: Wikipedia: Annapurna (goddess); Annapurna Devi Mandir; Annada Mangal; Bharatchandra Ray; The Kashi Annapurna Temple: A Sacred Abode of Nourishment (temple website); Annapurna Stotram attributed to Adi Shankara, text and meaning (shlokam.org); Reviews of In Praise of Annada (Murty Classical Library translation of Bharatchandra's Annadamangal): the complete review; Parabaas · see Annapurna's web

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Annapurna dwells at

Kashi (Varanasi) (Place) · The goddess of the full plate: Annapurna at Kashi
The Annapurna temple beside Vishwanath, built 1729 by Baji Rao I.

Annapurna form of

Parvati (Consort) · The goddess of the full plate: Annapurna at Kashi
The giver of food at Kashi.

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The goddess of the full plate: Annapurna at Kashi
Temple legend · as her form as the giver of food · 3 tellings

Cited

Wikipedia: Annapurna (goddess); Annapurna Devi Mandir; Annada Mangal; Bharatchandra Ray § Annapurna_(goddess) Encyclopedia
The Kashi Annapurna Temple: A Sacred Abode of Nourishment (temple website) Temple tradition
Annapurna Stotram attributed to Adi Shankara, text and meaning (shlokam.org) Primary text (translation)
Reviews of In Praise of Annada (Murty Classical Library translation of Bharatchandra's Annadamangal): the complete review; Parabaas § complete-review Scholarly