Durga is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.
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Durga is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.
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Durga's is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and wars.
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Durga is believed to unleash her divine wrath against the wicked for the liberation of the oppressed, and entails destruction to empower creation.
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Durga is seen as a motherly figure and often depicted as a beautiful woman, riding a lion or tiger, with many arms each carrying a weapon and often defeating demons.
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Durga's is widely worshipped by the followers of the goddess-centric sect, Shaktism, and has importance in other denominations like Shaivism and Vaishnavism.
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Durga's is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism.
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Durga has a significant following all over India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and many other countries.
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Durga's who is renowned by the name "Durga" is the being superior to whom, no one exists.
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Devi's epithets synonymous with Durga appear in Upanishadic literature, such as Kali in verse 1.
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Durga's appears in Harivamsa in the form of Vishnu's eulogy, and in Pradyumna prayer.
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Durga then transformed into Kali as the personification of the all-destroying time, while aspects of her emerged as the primordial energy integrated into the samsara concept and this idea was built on the foundation of the Vedic religion, mythology and philosophy.
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Epigraphical evidence indicates that regardless of her origins, Durga is an ancient goddess.
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Durga captured Svarga and was not in any kind of fear, as he thought women to be powerless and weak.
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Durga is a warrior goddess, and she is depicted to express her martial skills.
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Durga's is often shown in the midst of her war with Mahishasura, the buffalo demon, at the time she victoriously kills the demonic force.
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In Hindu arts, this tranquil attribute of Durga's face is traditionally derived from the belief that she is protective and violent not because of her hatred, egotism or getting pleasure in violence, but because she acts out of necessity, for the love of the good, for liberation of those who depend on her, and a mark of the beginning of soul's journey to creative freedom.
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Durga traditionally holds the weapons of various male gods of Hindu mythology, which they give her to fight the evil forces because they feel that she is shakti .
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Durga herself is viewed as the "Self" within and the divine mother of all creation.
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Durga's has been revered by warriors, blessing their new weapons.
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Durga iconography has been flexible in the Hindu traditions, where for example some intellectuals place a pen or other writing implements in her hand since they consider their stylus as their weapon.
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Durga appears in Hindu mythology in numerous forms and names, but ultimately all these are different aspects and manifestations of one goddess.
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Durga's is imagined to be terrifying and destructive when she has to be, but benevolent and nurturing when she needs to be.
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Durga is worshipped in Hindu temples across India and Nepal by Shakta Hindus.
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The Durga puja is an occasion of major private and public festivities in the eastern and northeastern states of India.
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Day of Durga's victory is celebrated as Vijayadashami, Dashain or Dussehra – these words literally mean "the victory on the Tenth ".
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In Bangladesh, the four-day-long Sharadiya Durga Puja is the most important religious festival for the Hindus and celebrated across the country with Vijayadashami being a national holiday.
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Durga is exalted as the divine in Dasam Granth, a sacred text of Sikhism that is traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.
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Durga is present in Indian nationalism where Bharat Mata i e Mother India is viewed as a form of Durga.
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Durga's is present in pop culture and blockbuster Bollywood movies like Jai Santoshi Maa.
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