Disease, Demon, and the Deity: Case of Corona Mātā and Coronāsur in India

As India faced multiple waves of the pandemic, religious responses arose to accommodate and make sense situation. In face uncertainty, disease death, people turn not just towards medical sciences but also religion. The emergence a new Hindu goddess, Corona Mātā/Coronavirus Mardhinī encapsulates people’s fear, faith, devotion. Although goddess is new, tradition goddesses ancient. Indian Subcontinent has long history mother who have been protecting their devotees from diseases such as smallpox, fever, plague, etc. This paper attempts examine Mātā in historical context these ‘protective mothers’. On one hand, historically, emerged result interaction between Brahmanical religion regional practices. other disease-centred can be seen fear faith. will analyse location ever-evolving pantheon deities 21st-century pandemic.