Renuka

Renuka, i.e. the Goddess Renuka or Mahur Renuka, is a Hindu goddess venerated predominantly in the South and West Indian states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. She was the wife of the sage Jamadagni, one of the Saptarishis; is regarded as the mother of Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu; and is considered a manifestation of Shakti the Mother Goddess in regional devotional traditions in Hindu mythology.