Mara (Hindu goddess)
Mara is a Sanskrit word meaning "death" or any personification thereof. In Hinduism, Mara is the goddess of death and offerings would be placed at her altar. Though much less popular, some sects of worship do exist in India. Her counterpart in Latvian mythology is Māra.
She is also an important deity worshipped in Kalasha and now extinct Nuristani religions suggesting her prominence in pre-Vedic Indo-Aryan religion.
