Dhvaja, Temple Banner

The triangular dhvaja or a temple banner from north Gujarat is made of maroon satin brocaded with gold gilt silver threads depicting a shrine of the folk Goddess Bahuchara, popular all over Gujarat.
In her iconography, the goddess is shown riding a cock flanked by her devotees. The career of this goddess began as a sati of the Charan community who rose to the status of an important goddess on account of a large following in the region. Bahuchara is considered to be the chief deity of the eunuchs from all over India.