Shani (शनि)

Shani (शनि) is the graha deity corresponding to Saturn and a major focus of devotional and remedial worship. Devotional and narrative traditions especially associate this figure with discipline, time, consequences, endurance, justice and karmic maturation. Common iconography may include dark form, crow or raven, staff or weapons and slow-moving symbolism. Important related names include Shanaishchara. 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 Shani 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.