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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
As my Dad passed away in June we were not celebrating Durga Puja this year and I did not go out much during the festivities.However I did go to a few pandals near my house just to click a few shots to share with my Flickr friends.
Here Goddess Durga is seen flanked by her children Lakshmi(the Goddess of wealth) and Ganesha the elephant God to the left of the shot and Saraswati(the Goddess of learning) and Kartikeya the bachelor God to the right of the shot.:-)Durga is shown slaying the evil Demon Mahishashura.
I also take this opportunity to wish all my friends Shubho Bijoya.:-)
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.
Kash a flower of autumn seen in various parts of Bengal is deeply associated with Durga Puga festival .It symbolizes the glorious beginning of the Bengali's best season of the year . Kashful has made its place not only in the a bengali's psyche but also in may novels and films especially Satyajit Roy has immortalized it in "Pather Panchali"
Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the Indian states of Assam, Mithila region of Bihar and Nepal, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal, where it is a five-day annual holiday.[4] In West Bengal, Tripura, which has a majority of Bengali Hindus, it is the biggest festival of the year. In Assam due to presence of huge number of Bengali Hindus and quite a large number of Assamese Hindus of Shakta sect of Hinduism (Assam is predominantly Vaishnavite Hindu populous state), it is one of the biggest religious festivals, as the biggest festival is Bihu which is secular in nature. Not only is it the biggest Hindu festival celebrated throughout the state, it is also the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali Hindu society. Apart from eastern India, Durga Puja is also celebrated in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Telengana, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim,Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. Durga Puja is also celebrated as a major festival in Nepal where 82% population is Hindu, and in Bangladesh where 8.5% population is Hindu. Nowadays, many diaspora Assamese and Bengali cultural organisations arrange for Durgotsab in countries such as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Singapore and Kuwait, among others. In 2006, a grand Durga Puja ceremony was held in the Great Court of the British Museum.[5]
Durga, l'Inaccessibile, nella mitologia Indù, è una delle molte forme di Shakti, spesso identificata come moglie di Shiva. Viene raffigurata mentre cavalca un leone o talvolta una tigre, con otto o dieci braccia ognuna delle quali porta una delle armi degli altri dei che glieli cedettero per la battaglia contro il bufalo-demone.
La sua forma era di una bellezza accecante, con il viso scolpito da Shiva, il busto da Indra, il seno da Chandra (la Luna), i denti da Brahma, il sedere dalla Terra, le cosce e i ginocchi da Varuna (il vento), e i suoi tre occhi da Agni (il fuoco). Ogni dio le diede anche la sua arma più potente: Shiva il tridente, Vishnu il disco, Indra la folgore
Durga, the Inaccessible, in Hindu mythology, is one of the many forms of Shakti, often identified as the wife of Shiva. It is depicted riding a lion or sometimes a tiger, with eight or ten arms each of which carries one of the weapons of the other gods who gave them to him for the battle against the buffalo-demon.
Its form was a blinding beauty, with the face sculpted by Shiva, the bust by Indra, the breast from Chandra (the Moon), the teeth by Brahma, the bottom from Earth, thighs and knees by Varuna (the wind) , and his three eyes by Agni (fire). Each god gave her its weapon more powerful: Shiva the trident, Vishnu the disk, Indra the lightning
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).
certainly a work of art. the artisans in kumortuli can do wonders with clay.
this is a perfect example of that...
From Wikipedia:
Sanskrit: "the inaccessible", Bengali: দুর্গা) is a form of Devi,
the supreme goddess. In Bengal, she is said to be the mother
of Ganesha, Kartikeya as well of Saraswati and Lakshmi.
Durga is depicted as a warrior woman riding a lion or a tiger
with multiple hands carrying weapons and assuming mudras,
or symbolic hand gestures. This form of the Goddess is
the embodiment of feminine and creative energy (Shakti).
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.
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