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hara" target="_blank">Hara hara" target="_blank">Hara Mahadeva (Sanskrit: हर हर महादेव, romanized: hara" target="_blank">hara hara" target="_blank">hara mahādēva) is a Sanskrit invocation in praise of the Hindu deity Shiva. The invocation consists of two epithets of Shiva, hara" target="_blank">hara and mahadeva. It is generally chanted by adherents during auspicious occasions, such as prayer and entering a Shiva temple.
The invocation was chanted by the legendary queen Padmini and tens of thousands of women when they performed the practice of jauhar to save their honour from Alauddin Khalji.