Goddess Dhumavati is the seventh Mahavidya among the 10
Mahavidyas and is a fearsome aspect of Goddess Shakti. Dhumavati is depicted as
widow. She has a banner with a crow and sometimes carries a broom.
Goddess Dhumavati is considered as a protective deity by
some Hindu communities. Tantric worshippers propitiate her for materialistic
gains.
Dhumavati is associated with all things that are
inauspicious. She is also constantly hungry and thirsty. She causes quarrels
and has a bad temper.
She is believed to appear during cosmic dissolution. Some
scholars are of the view that she is the void that is there before creation and
after destruction.