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HINDU GODDESS - DURGA
MOTHER GODDESS
Mother Goddess in Hindu mythology,
she rides a tiger and carries the
weapons of all the gods in her many
arms. She is praised as being
responsible for the creation,
sustenance, and withdrawal of the
universe. She is the mysterious power,
the personification of knowledge,
wisdom, and memory.
In Hindu mythology, Durga is a
fierce form of Devi, the Mother
Goddess, the all-powerful almighty
goddess. According to a legend the gods
could not defeat the buffalo demon
Mahish, who was threatening the
existence of the universe. They begged
Shiva for his assistance, and
Shiva advised all the gods to release
their shaktis. The shaktis of the
gods emerged in female form. These
goddesses fused together in blinding
light from which arose a magnificent
goddess with many arms. She was as
beautiful as she was deadly.
Durga was born fully-grown and is depicted as extremely
beautiful and full of rage. The gods called this goddess
Durga, the invincible one, and they armed her with all their
weapons. Thus armed, Durga rode to the top of a mountain on
a lion. In a bloody battle, she defeated Mahish and his army
of demons and thus saved the Universe from this demon’s
menace.
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