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	Origin of Durga - The Mythology,Durga Mata Origin,Mythology of Durga Mata
		Durga is one of the angry and aggressive aspects of the goddess Shakti, whose role in Hindu mythology was to fight and conquer demons and also personify the Sakti or female aspect of any male deity.
		Durga Puja is observed in her honor, to celebrate her victory over evil.
		In general, Durga is regarded in northern India as the gentle bride epitomizing family unity while in southern India she is revered more in her warrior aspect.
	www.durga-puja.org /origin-of-durga-the-mythology.html (343 words)

	Kolkata Beckons: Notable / Fabled Durga Pujas
		Ishwar Jagat Ram Mukherjee was the founder of the Durga Puja of the Mukherjee household.
		Durga Puja of the Mukherjee household and that of Krishnagar’s Royal family is conducted according to the same scriptures (Puthi).
		Durga is not accompanied with Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesh and Kartik.
	in.geocities.com /kolkatabeckons/durgapujo.html (1127 words)

	Krista Knirck-Bumke: Victorious Durga
		Although Durga came in the company of the Shiva cult to Java she has never been depicted as consort of Shiva nor was she used as an idol representing a deceased queen, as was often the case with Parvathi or Prajnaparamita.
		Durga finally became the guardian of the cremation grounds and cemeteries, where she continues to dwell as a dreadful demoness in the realm of death.
		Durga in her dreadful form in India is Kali, with a sacred cord made from skulls, wild hair and canine teeth, among other characteristics.
	www.asianart.com /articles/durga/index.html (4230 words)

	Shiva and Durga
		Durga is the Goddess of the universe, and Parvati, the wife of Lord Shiva, is a form of Durga.
		Durga is the personification of the material energy, in which all materially conditioned living beings are absorbed in thoughts, actions and identity.
		Durga and the other goddesses in the world of the three modes are a million-millionth part of one of Her expansions.
	www.stephen-knapp.com /shiva_and_durga.htm (17503 words)

	Goddess Durga: the Female Form as the Supreme Being
		Durga was also given many other precious and magical gifts, new clothing, and a garland of immortal lotuses for her head and breasts.
		Durga and Kali were essentially independent but they were still often linked to powerful gods but in a drastically different role than the subservient, model partners played by the goddesses of the epics.
		Durga came to be seen as the supreme deity by her devotees and in many aspects was supposed to have a similar role to the highest held male deities.
	www.dollsofindia.com /durga.htm (4300 words)

	Durga, Hindu Goddess Durga, Goddess Durga, Durga Hindu God, Hindu Durga, Durga Buffalo Demon
		Durga is the most splendid manifestation of Devi.
		From Indra, rose Indrani bearing a thunderbolt, riding an elephant, from Kumara rose Kaumari holding a lance and riding a peacock, from Vishnu rose Vaishanavi on an eagle with a discus whirling on her finger, from Varaha came the sharp tusk sow Varahi, from Shiva came Shiavani riding a bull bearing a trident.
		Durga then raised her trident and plunged it into the buffalo demons heart conquering the unconquerable.
	www.lotussculpture.com /durga.htm (820 words)

	Durga - Narrative Art of an 'Independent' Warrior Goddess
		The Great Goddess Durga was born from the energies of the male divinities when the gods lost the long drawn-out battle with the asuras (demons).
		As Harding further observed of 'The Virgin Goddess': 'Her divine power does not depend on her relation to a husband-god, and thus her actions are not dependent on the need to conciliate such a one or to accord with his qualities and attitudes.
		The disappearance of Durga from the battlefield after the victory over aggression expressed one of the deepest truths of the episode, for the feminine action in the cosmic drama is without retentive, ego-seeking ambition.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /article/durga (1855 words)

	Durga Puja of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math
		Durga Puja is meant for public worship, in which a large number of people participate.
		The gory scene depicted by the image of Durga, and the blood-curdling descriptions of a warrior Goddess exterminating hordes of evil doers drenching the earth with blood, may be enigmatic and repulsive to some people, especially to those who are outside the Shakta tradition of Hinduism.
		The first Durga Puja at Belur Math was conducted in a huge Pendal (decorative shed) on the open ground to the north of the old shrine.
	www.belurmath.org /durga_puja/article_on_durga_puja.htm (5099 words)

	Durga Kainthola Press Reviews and Articles - Premiere Artist Portfolio at absolutearts.com
		Durga (43), now based in Delhi, is now seen as one of the most talented artists in the country.
		Durga’s is a wonderful journey, from her first exhibition at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai in 1987 to Amsterdam in 2004.
		Nor have I ever allowed myself to get bogged down with thoughts like if galleries would like my works, if the media would write good things about me, if my paintings would sell,” she says.
	www.absolutearts.com /portfolios/d/durgakainthola/artist_reviews.html (1805 words)

	Goddess Durga: the Female Form as the Supreme Being
		Durga was also given many other precious and magical gifts, new clothing, and a garland of immortal lotuses for her head and breasts.
		Durga and Kali were essentially independent but they were still often linked to powerful gods but in a drastically different role than the subservient, model partners played by the goddesses of the epics.
		Durga came to be seen as the supreme deity by her devotees and in many aspects was supposed to have a similar role to the highest held male deities.
	www.artandcraftsofindia.com /durga.htm (4305 words)

	Hindu tradition and Mother Durga (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Durga is tranquil and turbulent, serene and fierce, shoumya and rudra at the same time.
		The Mother Durga in a feat of destruction raised such a tumultuous uproar that the frightened Asuras came out in large numbers being equipped with armors and weapons and the severe war that followed between Her and the innumerable Asuras brought the ruin of Mahisasura.
		Durga is the progenitor of the universal process in its entirely.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/publish/article_31180.shtml (862 words)

	goddess durga and demon mahish - 123 durgapuja.com
		According to Hindu mythology, a demon named Mahisashura had threatened Gods out of heaven and established his evil dominion there and this devil was a constant threat to the existence of the universe.
		Mahisashura could not be defeated by any of god or man due to a boon he received after intense prayers to Brahma.Neither Indra, king of gods, nor Kumara, commander of the celestial armies could stop him.
		Realizing that her weapons had no effect on Mahisashura, Durga threw them aside, dismounted from her lion and with her bare hands sprang upon Mahisashura's back.
	www.123durgapuja.com /mahish (474 words)

	Durga Puja of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math
		Durga Puja is meant for public worship, in which a large number of people participate.
		The gory scene depicted by the image of Durga, and the blood-curdling descriptions of a warrior Goddess exterminating hordes of evil doers drenching the earth with blood, may be enigmatic and repulsive to some people, especially to those who are outside the Shakta tradition of Hinduism.
		The first Durga Puja at Belur Math was conducted in a huge Pendal (decorative shed) on the open ground to the north of the old shrine.
	rkmhq.org /durga_puja/article_on_durga_puja.htm (5099 words)

	The First Wife by R. A. Pai
		And here he, Durga Prasad, was now writing the chapter on the first wife of his father under vastly changed circumstances, right at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
		Durga Prasad's father was forced into a marriage not of his liking by the grandfather.
		Durga Prasad's father had no other go but to agree to the marriage in order to keep the family's prestige in society.
	www.zine5.com /archive/rap07.htm (831 words)

	Goddess Durga: the Female Form as the Supreme Being
		Durga was also given many other precious and magical gifts, new clothing, and a garland of immortal lotuses for her head and breasts.
		Durga and Kali were essentially independent but they were still often linked to powerful gods but in a drastically different role than the subservient, model partners played by the goddesses of the epics.
		Durga came to be seen as the supreme deity by her devotees and in many aspects was supposed to have a similar role to the highest held male deities.
	www.ornamentsofindia.com /durga.htm (4322 words)

	The genuine gasoline of God is the religious guide of itself.
		Goddess of Durga could work as a medicine of short cut to order and treat various kinds of body overwork and and diseases such as insomnia, the blood pressure, the physical constraints, the mental concern and/or mental fears.
		The goddess of Durga is depicted calms-A faces and smiling as it the demon of buffalo demolishes.
		The goddess of Durga symbolizes this egoistic force of the illusion of the thought which misleads in the individuals and the guard to know their interior gasoline of nature of core like Durga goddess.
	www.heavenlygardens.org /samadhi/step26.htm (1083 words)

	Temples of Varanasi
		Although the interior of this important temple is neither very large nor very elaborate, the atmosphere of worship and devotion is powerfully impressive.
		One of the city's busiest temples is that of the Goddess Durga, which sits on the large rectangular tank called Durga Kund in the Southern sector of the city.
		Durga temple is full of monkeys who make their home in the Shikhar (Top) and porticoes of the temple, peeping and snarling at visitors.
	members.tripod.com /~ngaur/temple.html (1499 words)

	Journey to India - by Roger Cantu
		Durga is a beautiful Goddess who slays demons, and who exists independent of male protection or guidance.
		Durga represents a vision of the feminine that challenges the stereotype view of women in traditional societies and religions.
		More adventures of Durga and her followers as told by Bodhidharma and by a female storyteller.
	www.saibabalinks.org /bookreviews/journeytoindia.htm (692 words)

	Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai
		Durga meets Rohit (Arjun Rampal), who is impressed by Durga’s art and beauty and they fall in love.
		Durga relates her story to Dr Prasad, who now considers her to be his daughter.
		Durga agrees to marry Raj and the family (Anang Desai, Beena, Vivek Shauq) prepares for the wedding.
	www.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=63374 (1095 words)

	Movie Review : Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai
		Durga meets Rohit [Arjun Rampal], who is impressed by Durga's art and beauty and they fall in love.
		Durga relates her story to Dr. Prasad, who now considers her to be his daughter.
		Durga agrees to marry Raj and the family [Anang Desai, Beena, Vivek Shauq] prepares for the wedding.
	www.indiafm.com /movies/review/7260/index.html (1026 words)

	Durga Puja History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This story merges with the story of Durga Puja popular among Bengalis, namely, the daughter Durga's return to her father's house.
		Today, Durga Puja has reached a zenith of popularity in Bengal, although it is celebrated with a great deal of fanfare in states like Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand and Bihar.
		In this puja Durga is accompanied not by her children but by her two companions Jaya and Bijoya.
	www.anandautsav.com /history.htm (1111 words)

	Indiaoz Hinduism - Hindu Festivals Significance - Navaratri
		The mother of Durga (that is, the wife of the King of the Himalayas) longed to see her daughter.
		Durga was permitted by Lord Shiva to visit her beloved mother only for nine days in the year.
		Durga Puja is the greatest Hindu festival in which God is adored as Mother.
	www.indiaoz.com.au /hinduism/festivals/navaratri.shtml (3043 words)

	Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - Durga's court
		All this despite the fact that the judge has not a whit of formal legal training and neither she, nor the law clerk who does the paperwork, are paid for their time.
		India is famous for its sluggish judiciary; court cases on average take ten years to be heard and even then it is notoriously easy for those with money to make the cases go their way.
		Most of the people who came to her were illiterate and poor but she knew that the plethora of traditional stories in the culture touches a chord in every Indian, so in her rulings, she referred to Muslim history tales and Hindu mythology expressing them through her own theatrical personality.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /documentaries/060920doc?view=Standard (1824 words)

	Maya -Shakti - Prakriti
		Nor can it be called non-existence, seeing that it exists, and we have to work in and through it.
		Divine Durga always rescues the worshipper sunk in sin, like a cow in the mire, who in the hours of distress calls upon that eternal giver of blessings for relieving him of their burdens.
		O mother of Skanda, O thou that possessest the six (highest) attributes, O Durga, O thou that dwellest in accessible regions, thou art described as Swaha, and Swadha, as Kala, as Kashtha, and as Saraswati, as Savitra the mother of the Vedas, and as the science of Vedanta.
	www.hinduism.co.za /maya-sha.htm (18211 words)

	Durga Saptashati
		Earlier still, at the age of 19, when the young Ramakrishna agreed to be employed as a priest at the Dakshineswar Kali temple, he was trained by his older brother Ramkumar in the Mother’s worship and in the recitation of the Chandi, the great scripture on the Divine Mother (Saradananda, 133-134).
		Just as Mahishasura is about to be beheaded by Durga’s sword of knowledge, his glance meets hers, and he gets a fleeting glimpse of that truth—that his true identity lies dispassionate and blissful beyond the raging whirlpool of his passions.
		The hymn praises Durga as “good fortune in the dwellings of the virtuous and misfortune in the abodes of the wicked (DM 4.5).” On the surface, this verse implies reward and punishment by a personal deity.
	www.hinduism.co.za /durga.htm (14524 words)

	Navaratri...... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The mother of Durga (that is, the wife of the King of the Himalayas) longed to see her daughter.
		Durga was permitted by Lord Shiva to visit her beloved mother only for nine days in the year.
		Durga Puja is the greatest Hindu festival in which God is adored as Mother.
	www.sivanandaonline.org /html/misc/navaratri/introduction.shtm (2998 words)

	Hindu Goddesses : Durga - Hindu goddess that kills your demons
		Durga is an incarnation of Devi or the Mother Goddess, a unified symbol of all divine forces.
		For Shaivas Durga is the wife of Shiva.
		Durga also obtained very powerful weapons, such as the chakra from Vishnu and a trident from Shiva.
	www.sanatansociety.org /hindu_gods_and_goddesses/durga.htm (736 words)

	Hindu Voice UK - The Hindu Perspective
		JAI MAA DURGA ——- thank you for the article, am on the Bhakti Shakti marg and devotee of Mother Durga and Mother Kali, especially, all aspects of The Divine Feminine generally.
		It is of greater importance to understand the broader meaning of Durga and not limit it to a Goddess in the human form.
		Thus Durga is the repository or the fort of all the energies present in this universe.
	thehinduvoice.com /blog/2006/05/16/durga-and-me (1016 words)

	Matrikas and Mahavidyas Battling Against Demons
		Sometimes Durga is said to have created them out of her to assist her in her battle against the demons of Raktabija clan.
		Though Kali is said to have been created by Durga by separating her ferocious aspect and is part of the late 'Mahavidyas'-cult, she seems to have as early a tradition as has Devi.
		The painting is unique in its depiction of motion and balancing the canvas, which has, despite that so many figures crowd it, a lot of breathing space, not only for the viewing eye but also for each figure enabling it to discover its distinction and identity.
	www.exoticindia.com /product/HE74 (766 words)

	Hindu near-death experiences
		Durga Jatav, a man approximately 50 years old, was interviewed in November, 1979, and again 3 months later.
		Durga's sister and a neighbor noticed a few days after he revived that marks had appeared on his knees; there had previously been no such marks there.
		One informant for this case (the headman of the village where Durga lived) said that at the time of Durga's experience another person by the same name had died in Agra (about 30 km away); however, neither Durga nor his older sister were able to confirm this statement.
	www.near-death.com /hindu.html (2944 words)

	Mongolia - LoveToKnow 1911
		At any rate, throughout the whole of north-west Mongolia, which covers an area of nearly 370,000 sq.
		m., the altitude nowhere falls below 2370 ft. (Ubsa nor; and the area round this lake which has less than 3000 ft. of altitude covers only 6600 sq.
		The remainder of this extensive territory ranges at altitudes of 3000 to 4500 ft., even in the bottoms of the river valleys and in the lower plains; while the ridges which constitute the water-partings rise about 2000 ft. above the general level of the plateau.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Mongolia (2040 words)

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