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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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