The Durga temple, Ambika Mata Temple lies in a cleft of rock in Jagat, just outside Mount Abu town.

In 1986 an uncredited Malayalam film version loosely based on the novel was released in India titled Rajavinte Makan with Mohanlal, Ambika, Ratheesh and Suresh Gopi in the lead roles.

Her remarks accusing Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev of violating labor laws, and publicising accusations about his workers mixing human body parts in potions, have drawn strong condemnation from some in North India, including reprimands from politicians like Sharad Pawar, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ambika Soni, and Narayan Dutt Tiwari.

The Jain goddess Ambika is traditionally represented as sitting under a mango tree.

At the top of the Hindu philosophy is the formless, undefined Brahman, from whom / which come the different forms and deities, the foremost of which is the Trimurti: Brahma ( the creator ), Vishnu ( the sustainer ) and Shiva ( the destroyer ), and their individual ' Shakti ' ( commonly defined as their wives, but also goddesses in their own right ): Saraswati the goddess of learning, Lakshmi the goddess of all forms of wealth, and Parvati ( also known as Durga, Shakti, Ambika ) the goddess of courage and power.

They are Dhi, Vrtti, Usana, Urna, Niyuta, Sarpis, Ila, Ambika, Iravatl, Sudha and Diksa.

Ambika ( अम ्‍ ब ि क ा) was the daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and queen of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapura.

When Vyasa visited Ambika, she saw his dreadful, forbidding appearance and burning eyes.

After Dhritarashtra's birth, when Satyavati requested Vyasa to visit Ambika for the second time, she dared not go and sent her maid instead.

Much later, Ambika accompanied Satyavati and Ambalika to the forest and ended her life in austerities.

The Goddess Ambika ( here identified with: Durga or Chandi ) Leading the Matrikas | Eight Matrikas in Battle Against the Demon Raktabija, Folio from a Devi Mahatmya – ( top row, from the left ) Narashmi, Vaishnavi, Kumari, Maheshvari, Brahmani.

( bottom row, from left ) Varahi, Aindri and Chamunda or Kali, Ambika.

Some of the notable students of Kalakshetra are Radha Burnier, A Janardhanan, Sarada Hoffman, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Sanjukta Panigrahi, C. V. Chandrasekhar, Dhananjayans, Adyar K. Lakshman, Krishnaveni Lakshaman, Jayashree Narayanan, Ambika Buch, Yamini Krishnamoorthy, Leela Samson, Kamala Rajgopal ( née Anatharam ), Jaya Thyagarajan, Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant.

Currently, the Zoo houses three Asian Elephants, two females named Shanthi and Ambika, as well as Shanthi's son Kandula, who was born in 2001.

Vyasa fathers the princes Dhritarashtra and Pandu by Ambika and Ambalika.

First did Ambika, but because of shyness and fear she closed her eyes.

This time Ambika and Ambālika sent a maid in the place of themselves.

an eight year girl is called Kubjika, on the ninth year she is Kaalasandarbha, on reaching tenth year she is Aparajita, on eleventh she is Rudrani, on twelfth year she is named Bhairavi, on thirteenth she is Mahalakshmi, on fourteenth she is Pithanayika, on fifteenth she is Kshetragya, and on sixteenth years of her age she is Ambika.

The most consecutive fire flames blown by mouth without re-fuelling was 129 and was achieved by Ambika Niraula ( Nepal ) at the Radisson Hotel in Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal, on 27 February 2012.

The Goddess Ambika or Durga Leading the Eight Matrikas in Battle Against the Demon Raktabija, Folio from Devi Mahatmya, Markandeya Purana.

During the menstrual period of the older queen, Ambika, Satyavati invited Vyasa to Ambika's bedchamber.

However, during lovemaking with Vyasa, Ambika noticed his dark appearance and closed her eyes.

At Vyasa's suggestion, Satyavati left for the forest to do penance with her daughters-in-law Ambika and Ambalika.

The relief map of India as Bharatmata, carved out of marble at Bharat Mata Temple, Varanasi

* Brahmani Mata Temple at Village Brahmani, Hanumanganj, near Ballia in Uttar Pradesh.

* Brahmani Mata Temple at Bharmour near Chamba, Himachal Pradesh.

* Brahmani Mata Temple at Dingucha near Kalol, Gujarat.

* Karni Mata Temple

The site of the Babri Mosque which was surrounded on all sides by Mata Sita Rasoi ( Lord Rama's wife Sita Devi's Kitchen-actually a Temple and other Temples of Hanuman ) and the disputed structure sharing walls with Sita and Hanuman Mandir was destroyed when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150, 000 people.

Karni Mata Temple located near the village, which is made by Thakur Madan Singh Danta, and donated to Sayar Baisa ( lady who used to perform the pooja in the temple ) along with 300 bega land to meet the expenses to run the temple. Originally the temple building was a hunting lodge.

Main temples good to visit for visitors are SAHASTARARJUN Temple near the holy river Narmada, Rajrajeshwar Mandir, Kashi Vishwanath Mandir, Chaturbhuj Narayan Mandir, Ahilya Mata's Chhatris, Chintamani Ganpati Mandir, Pandharinath Mandir, Bhawani Mata Mandir, Gobar Ganesh Mandir, Banke Bihari, Anant Narayan Mandir, Khedapati Hanuman.

File: Ahilya Mata Statue at Datta Temple, SahastraDhara, Jalkoti. jpg | Ahilyabai Holkar Statue at Datta Temple, SahastraDhara, Jalkoti.

The famous places of Una are Chintpurni or Chhinnamastika Dhaam, Bhadurkali Mata Mandir, Guga Jahar Peer in Village Bhadurkali, Dera Baba Barbhag Singh, Dera Baba Rudru, Baba moni temple of Ghanari, Joggi Panga, Dharamshala Mahanta, Dhunsar Mahadev Temple Talmehra, Pir Nigaha-Madanpur Basoli, Shivbari Temple Gagret, Sidh Baba Balak nath temple Dmamiya in Ispur and Mini Secretariat.

Sui Mata Temple:

Other temples and shrines include Mata Ashapurni Temple in Down Town bazaar, Mata Jasrota, Peer Chattar Shaw on Nagri road, Peer Lakhdata ji in Jawahar nagar and many others.

* Ashar Mata Temple, At Village Nana Layja

* Baghe-Bahu Kali Mata Temple and Park Jammu

* Temple of Anjani Mata: Anjani Mata is the mother of Hanuman.

The other important attraction for neemuch are famous Bhadawa Mata temple at the outskirts of Neemuch and Bhanwar Mata Temple near Chhoti sadari whose distance from Neemch city is about 27 km.

Neelam Mata Temple constitute the landmarks of Mayur Vihar, Phase-II.

Vagvar Sammed Shikhar Teerth Nasiyaji ( Nougama ), Andeshwar Parshwanath Teerth, Nandni Mata Mandir Barodiyan Nandnimata, Shree Tripura Sundari Temple Umrai ( Talwara ), Shree Bhrahmaji's Temple, Shree Gatrod Dham ( Choupasag, Partapur ), Shree Kalyan Dham ( Choupasag, Partapur ).