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Today I put an image of Durga, goddess of Fierce Compassion on my door as a Protective Deity. It is posted here on flickr by Dipkander Nandi who took it in Chandbali, India.:
Wikipedia - Durga has been a warrior goddess, and she is depicted to express her martial skills. Her iconography typically resonates with these attributes, where she rides a lion or a tiger,[1] has between eight and eighteen hands, each holding a weapon to destroy and create.[48][49] She is often shown in the midst of her war with Mahishasura, the buffalo demon, at the time she victoriously kills the demonic force. Her icon shows her in action, yet her face is calm and serene.[50][51] 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.
(This is my 500th image to make it into Explore. Thank you, everyone, especially Dipkander Nandi, whose photo of goddess Durga I printed and put on my door)
Durga is the Hindu warrior goddess, whose mythology centers around combating evils and demonic forces that threaten peace, prosperity and dharma of the good
Durga is depicted as a Goddess riding a lion or tiger, with many arms each carrying a weapon
Today I put an image of Durga, goddess of Fierce Compassion on my door as a Protective Deity. It is posted here on flickr by Dipkander Nandi who took it in Chandbali, India.:
Wikipedia - Durga has been a warrior goddess, and she is depicted to express her martial skills. Her iconography typically resonates with these attributes, where she rides a lion or a tiger,[1] has between eight and eighteen hands, each holding a weapon to destroy and create.[48][49] She is often shown in the midst of her war with Mahishasura, the buffalo demon, at the time she victoriously kills the demonic force. Her icon shows her in action, yet her face is calm and serene.[50][51] 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.
(This is my 501st image to make it into Explore. Thank you, everyone, especially Dipkander Nandi, whose photo of goddess Durga I printed and put on my door)
The annual celebration of Durga Puja in full swing. The festival of Navratri, Dussherra and Durga Puja is celebrated as thanks giving for a good monsoon and the onset of the fall/winter season.
The Greatest Hindu Festival "Durga Puja". Durga Puja festival marks the battle of goddess Durga with the shape-shifting, deceptive and powerful buffalo demon Mahishasura, and her emerging victorious. Thus, the festival epitomises the victory of good over evil, but it also is in part a harvest festival that marks the goddess as the motherly power behind all of life and creation.
Durga Puja also referred to as Durgotsava is the most important annual Hindu Religious festival of Bengali speaking Hindus in India and Bangladesh that celebrates worship of the Goddess Durga. It marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishsahura. Thus Durga Puja festival epitomizes the victory of Good over Evil. I shot the moment in Kalabagan Puja Temple in Dhaka.
Goddess Durga symbolizes the divine forces known as divine shakti that is used against the negative forces of evil and wickedness. She protects her devotees from evil powers and safeguards them. It is believed that Goddess Durga is the combined form of powers of Goddesses Lakshmi, Kali and Saraswati.
Clay statue of Goddess Durga in a temporary temple (called pandal) during the festival of Durga Pujo in Kolkata. Accompanying Goddess Durga at her both sides are her children: Ganesha, Laxmi, Saraswati and Kartik (L-R).
As a goddess, Durga's feminine
power contains the combined
energies of all the gods. Each of her weapons was given to her by various gods: Rudra's trident, Vishnu's discus, Indra's
thunderbolt, Brahma's kamandalu, Kuber's Ratnahar, etc.
According to a narrative in the Devi Mahatmya story of the Markandeya Purana text, Durga was created as a warrior goddess to fight an asura (an
inhuman force/demon) named Mahishasura. He had unleashed a reign of terror on earth, heaven and the nether worlds, and he could not be defeated by any man or god, anywhere.
Durga slew Mahishasur, thus is
the power of the fierce compassion of Durga. Hence, Mata Durga is also known as
Mahishasurmardhini—the slayer of Mahishasur.
clay art from Kumortuli where idols of Durga are made for the occasion of Durga puja. The clay is taken from the banks of river Ganga.
kodak portra VC 400ASA-
of course I am not showing some fragile and oh I am so naked I need to be told how beautiful I am emaciated thing, so this will probably get 3 views and 1 like,
and I fooking LOVE IT :)
she was standing outside Durga temple, eating what little she had to eat with calm and serenity. I just loved the way she stood the composition i saw in my eyes was so serene I had to take it