Matangi

Matangi (मातंगी) is a Mahavidya linked with speech, music, knowledge and unconventional forms of sacredness. Devotional and narrative traditions especially associate this figure with speech, music, creativity, learning, liminality and Tantric wisdom. Common iconography may include veena, green complexion in many depictions, parrot and royal ornaments. Important related names include Raja Matangi. The exact stories, ritual customs and visual details can differ by text, region and lineage, so descriptions should distinguish widely shared tradition from local interpretation. For a Madhuma reference page, the strongest people-first angle is to explain who Matangi is, the major stories and symbols, how worship differs across India, important festivals or pilgrimage contexts, and respectful modern practice without presenting devotional belief as historical fact.