Bharata Mata


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Bharat Mata
Bhārat Mātā (Hindi, from Sanskrit , Bhārata Mātā), Mother India, or Bhāratāmbā (Sanskrit: ; अम्बा ambā means 'mother') is the national personification of India as a mother goddess. She is an amalgam of all the goddesses of Indian culture and more significantly of goddess Durga. She is usually depicted as a woman clad in a saffron sari holding the Indian national flag, and sometimes accompanied by a lion.

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