Shakambhari is a Hindu goddess of nourishment,[2] a form of Mahadevi who manifested on earth to save the world from a drought and by slaying the asura who caused it, named Durgama, and restoring the sacred Vedas he had seized back to the Brahmins.

According to the Devi Bhagavata Purana, the goddess answered the plea of the Brahmins by producing vegetative products from her own form to feed all the creatures of the earth.

She is described to watch over beings to ensure that they are not short of food and water, as well as punishing those who commit sins and evil.

A murti of the goddess is venerated with the arati ceremony, with diyas lighted and flowers and sweets ritually offered to the deity.

[4] The Shakambhari Devi Temple of the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh venerates the goddess on this occasion.