Chandbibi

Chandbibi (চাঁদবিবি) is a Hindu goddess and folk deity in Bengal, worshipped in conjunction with the goddesses Oladevi (the goddess of Cholera), Ajgaibibi, Jholabibi, Bahadabibi, Jhetunebibi and Asanbibi.[1]

This article is about the folk deity of Bengal. For Ahmadnagar princess, see Chand Bibi.

Experts and researches believe that these seven deities are transmogrifications of Vedic deities.[2] Their collective worship is evidenced in prehistoric times by a terracotta relic found at Mohenjo-daro, a major city of the Indus Valley civilisation located in Sindh, which shows the image of seven women standing together.[2]

Notes
  1. "Chand Bibi Hawking with Attendants in a Landscape". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  2. Mandal, Paresh Chandra (2012). "Oladevi". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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