Baglamukhi: the deity of resolving problems of devotees, and matchmaking

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Baglamukhi: the deity of resolving problems of devotees, and matchmaking. Location: Patan, Lalitpur district.

Goddess Baglamukhi is one of the powerful deities in Nepal.

The deity resolves the problems of
•    Devotees;

And helps
•    Devotees’ matchmaking.

Devotees pledge to ‘bhakal’ of making offerings of
•    Regular puja comprising holy water, flower, rice, amber or vermillion, and wicks soaked in oil, and other items such as a piece of cloth, and peda (sweet) of yellow color, banana and raw coconut;
•    Regular puja plus offering of a male goat;
•    Regular puja plus offerings of ‘lakh-vati’ lighting of 125,000 wicks soaked in oil.

On Thursdays, most young women make a long line to reach the deity for making offerings.

The day of the Deity is Thursday. However, anybody could make offerings on any day.