DURGĀ HINDUISM. In classical Hindu mythology the goddess Durgā is one of the principal forms of the wife of the great god Śiva. She is particularly celebrated for her victory over the buffalo demon Mahiṣāsura. At a...

(‘the one who is difficult to approach’) one of the many names or forms of the Goddess, this one being a ferocious one, said to have been created (or evoked) by the gods to rid themselves of , the buffalo-demon, a usurper of their position...

one of the names of the goddess...

In Hinduism, Durga (Sanskrit: "the inaccessible"[1] or "the invincible"[2]) or Maa Durga (Mother Durga) is a form of Devi, the supreme goddess. Goddess Durga is considered by Hindus to be the mother of Ganesha, Kartikeya, as well of Saraswati and...

This article assesses the changing perceptions of the goddess Durga in Java in the tenth to the fifteenth centuries C.E. From an early perception of her as a beneficent goddess, slayer of the demon Mahisa and protector of welfare and fertility, we see later...

This article discusses the offerings dedicated to the goddesses Durga and Ibu Pretiwi in Bali, and how these offerings reflect the relationships between these deities. Betari Durga, as Great Goddess, encompasses both herself (as the goddess with power over death and destruction) and Ibu...

Investigators discovered 15 skulls at a house near New Delhi where a domestic servant has confessed to sexually assaulting and killing children, authorities said Saturday.The suspect only confessed to seven deaths after being arrested Friday, but the latest revelation appeared to confirm fears that more...

Hundreds of thousands of Indians thronged temples across India on Monday in the belief that statues of Hindu gods were drinking milk. "I put a milk-filled spoon to Ganesha's mouth and he drank it," exclaimed Akhilesh Shukla, a...