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Bhavani is a ferocious aspect of the Hindu goddess Parvati. Bhavani means "giver of life", the power of nature or the source of creative energy. In addition to her ferocious aspect, she is also known as Karunaswaroopini, "filled with mercy".
Bhavani was the tutelary deity of the Maratha leader Shivaji, in whose veneration he dedicated his sword, Bhavani Talwar. A temple to Bhavani at Tuljapur in Maharashtra dates back to the 12th century. The temple contains a one-metre-high granite icon of the goddess with eight arms, holding weapons. She also holds the head of the demon, Mahishasura, whom she slew in the region which is known in the present day as Mysore.
Bhavani is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
It covers Bhavani and some parts of Erode City.
It is included in Tirupur Parliamentary Constituency.
Bhavani is an Indian film actress best known for her work in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu cinema. Born in Chennai. Bhavani's debut film was the Kannada-language Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu (1974), which won her the Best Actress award and in which she shared screen space with legendary actress, mentor and maternal grandmother Rushyendramani, who received the Best Supporting Actress award for the same film. With 75 films in a span of four years to her credit, Bhavani was considered as one of the leading actresses during the 1970s in the Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. She also has the distinction of acting with veteran actors like Prem Nazir, Jayan, and Sukumaran in Malayalam, Vishnuvardhan, Lokesh, Ambareesha, Dwarakish, and Rajinikanth in Kannada, R. Muthuraman, Jaishankar, M. G. Ramachandran, and Sivaji Ganesan in Tamil, and N. T. Rama Rao, Chandramohan, Nandamuri Balakrishna, and Sridhar in Telugu. She was well noted for her performance in the Malayalam movie Lisa.
Bhavani is a Tamil crime thriller soap opera that aired on Kalaignar TV. The show stars Bhavana, Neelima Rani, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Vadivukkarasi, Bharathy, Kavya, and Revathy Priya and directed by Rasool. The serial was aired in 2009 and the channel started repeat aired of this serial on 12 February 2015 and aried 8:00PM IST and The show was shifted to 6:30PM time slot and the show ended with 116 episodes.