16/08/2021
Dhumavati is the seventh of the ten Mahavidya Goddesses.
Devi Dhumavati is an old widow and is associated with things considered inauspicious and unattractive.
She is always hungry and thirsty who initiates quarrels.
In characteristics and nature She is compared with Goddesses Alakshmi, Goddess Jyeshta and Goddess Nirriti.
All these three Goddesses are embodiment of negative qualities but at the same time worshipped at special timings of the year.