Goddess Durga

Devi Mahatmya, the sacred Indian scriptures that celebrates the Sacred Feminine, declares that all women are images of the eternal Goddess herself. (Striya Samasta Sakala Jagatsu) When the gods were tortured by the mighty Asura Mahisha, all of their hopes had evaporated. When they couldn't search for any help from outside, they looked inside. And from their deepest realm of soul, channeled out powers, whose accumulation forged a woman. A Goddess. With multiple arms. She stood resplendent in glory, and her smile gave hope to all those tired gods. They declared her to be Durga, since she dispelled their distress. They offered her their weapons, and she marched into the battlefield, seated upon...View all