Form · Shakta · The Himalaya · Hari Parbat, Srinagar

Sharika

Also called: Sharika Bhagawati, Jagadamba Sharika, Harie, Chakreshwari

The Goddess of Srinagar, a form of Durga and Parvati with eighteen arms, worshipped in a self-formed Shri Chakra on a rock on the western slope of Hari Parbat; in the hill's legend she took the form of a myna (sharika, haer in Kashmiri), dropped a pebble from Sumeru on the demon in the water, and the pebble grew into the hill. Navreh is her day.

Sources: Hari Parbat, Wikipedia; Chakrishor (Hari Parbat / Sharika Peeth), Chander M. Bhat, on ikashmir.net; Hari Parbat, ecoheritage (C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre); Geeta Vaishnavi, Hari Parbat: a centuries-old celebration of diversity in Kashmir (JK Arts Foundation, 2022) · see Sharika's web

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Sharika celebrated at

Navreh (Festival) Shakta · The pebble the myna dropped (Jalodbhava, Satisara and Hari Parbat)
The day she settled on the hill is Navreh.

Sharika dwells at

Hari Parbat (Place) Shakta · The pebble the myna dropped (Jalodbhava, Satisara and Hari Parbat)
The Shri Chakra rock on the western slope.

Sharika form of

Parvati (Consort) Shakta · The pebble the myna dropped (Jalodbhava, Satisara and Hari Parbat)
Parvati worshipped as Sharika at Hari Parbat; also called a form of Durga.

Sharika slew

Jalodbhava (Asura) Shakta · The pebble the myna dropped (Jalodbhava, Satisara and Hari Parbat)
As a myna, with the pebble that grew into the hill (the hill's tradition).

Stories 1

The pebble the myna dropped (Jalodbhava, Satisara and Hari Parbat)
Local story · as the Goddess as a myna with the pebble · 2 tellings

Cited

Hari Parbat, Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Chakrishor (Hari Parbat / Sharika Peeth), Chander M. Bhat, on ikashmir.net Folk documentation
Hari Parbat, ecoheritage (C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre) Folk documentation
Geeta Vaishnavi, Hari Parbat: a centuries-old celebration of diversity in Kashmir (JK Arts Foundation, 2022) Folk documentation