Can anyone tell me about Goddess Durga?

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Can anyone tell me about Goddess Durga?

Answer 1

Hinduism Goddess  is a form of Devi, the supreme goddess. Goddess Durga is considered by Hindus to be the mother of Ganesha, and Kartikeya. She is thus considered the fiercer, demon-fighting form of Shiva's wife, goddess Parvati.

Durga is depicted as a warrior aspect of Devi Parvati with 10 arms who rides a lion or a tiger, carries weapons and assumes mudras, or symbolic hand gestures. This form of the Goddess is the embodiment of feminine and creative energy (Shakti).

For more details, please check the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga

Answer 2

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Goddess Durga is

The Great Goddess Durga is said to be exquisitely beautiful. Her form is blindingly bright (devi), with three lotus-like eyes, ten powerful hands, lush hair with beautiful curls, a red-golden glow from her skin and a quarter moon on her forehead. She wears a shiny oceanic blue attire emitting fierce rays. Her ornaments were carved beautifully of gold, with ocean pearls and precious stones embedded in it. Each god also gave her their own most powerful weapons, Rudra's trident, Vishnu's discus, Indra's thunderbolt, Brahma's kamandal, Kuber's gada, etc. Himalayas gifted her a fierce whitish golden lion. On the end of the 8th and beginning of the 9th day of waxing moon, Chanda and Munda came to fight the goddess. She turned blue with anger and goddess Chamunda leaped out of her third eye. Her form was the most powerful one with 3 red eyes, blood-filled tongue and dark skin; who finally killed the twin demons with her sword. This form of the divine goddess is worshipped during the sandhikshan of Durga Puja festival, as sandhi/chandi puja. Finally on the tenth day of waxing moon, goddess Durga killed Mahishasura with her trident.

The word Shakti, meaning sacred feminine force, and Durga reflects the warrior aspect of the goddess, embodying a traditional male role. She is also strikingly beautiful, and initially Mahishasura tries to marry her! Other incarnations include Annapurna and Karunamayi (karuna = kindness).

According to the narrative from the Devi Mahatmya of the Markandeya Purana, the form of Durga was created as a warrior goddess to fight a demon. The demon's father Rambha, king of the demons, once fell in love with a water buffalo, and Mahish Asur (the demon Mahish) was born out of this union. He is therefore able to change between human and buffalo form at will (mahish means "buffalo"). Through intense prayers to Brahma, Mahishasur had the boon that he could not be defeated by any man or god. He unleashed a reign of terror on earth, heaven and the nether worlds.

Eventually, since only a woman could kill him, the Holy Male Trinity went down to the river Ganges and prayed the mantra, "Om Namo Devaye", imploring of the great goddess Devi to save their realm from ruin. They were blessed with her compassion when the goddess Durga was born out of the river.

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Answer 3

Goddess Durga...   before my answer...

All temples will have a separate Sanctum called ''sannadhi'' to Goddess Durga facing the northern side most.  There is no separate temple for Goddess Durga, but one or two temples are there in Kasi and another one in Tiruvannamalai. There is a difference of worshipping of Goddess Durga from south indians and north indians and i will explain them.

Hinduism is the world's oldest major religion.  it is a total way of life.  it is not easy to define hinduism.  we follow Dharma in all over ways.  Hinduism is the credle of spirituality. Hindus have represented Gods and Goddesses in innumerable forms. A symbol that points so something beyond and as, manifestations.  Nowhere else in the world do we find such a profusion of Gods and Goddesses, devine beings and demons, ramfications of genealogies of Gods, and manifestations of the divinity in human and even in animal forms, so Hindusm  is Goal oriented, not way-oriented. ok..

now my answer.  you asked to tell about Goddess Durga...  Goddess Durga means   ''she will give hand for our sufferings and will pave way for good things''  Goddess Durga is another form of Goddess Parvathi Devi.  Goddess Durga Devi taken this form of Durga Devi to kill evil thoughts, deeds and to do good only.  Goddess Durga is in skandha purana in order to kill the Asuras, the demons doing bad deeds and done maximum atrocities and the Goddess in the name of Chandi in Markandeya purana and also took Mahishasoora Mardhini for killing the demon mahishi.  The other forms of the Goddess are, the Vishnu Durga, Kanaka Durga, Durga, Maha Khali, Bhadhra Kali, Chandi, and Khali.  In south india, we are worshipping the ''Shantha Durga'' whereas in the form of Kali, Bhadra kali, Maha kali, the Goddess Durga will appear with red eyes, lush hair, with several hands and in fact in threatening form.  now, with some more details..in sanscrit Durga means ''she who is incomprehensible or difficult to reach''  Goddess Durga, the Shakthi worshipped for Her gracious  as well as terrifying aspect, and a symbol of a female dynamism.  Durga a beautiful warrior seated upon a tiger, and has many other names such as Parvathi, Ambika, Khali,, destroying the demon.  She came to earth to save the good,  to do good, to kill the evil and bad deeds, took avathar in this earth.  Durga in various form..

Uma ....Light,  Gouri...Yellow or brilliant,  Parvathi..The mountainer,  jagatmatha....The mother of the world,  Durga....the inaccessible,  Khali....the black,  Chandi....the fierce,  and  Bairavi...  the terrible.

i explained you about the Goddess Durga..  we celebrate Durga poojas, navarathry festivals,  dusserra festivals,  in Bengal, they worship the Goddess Durga as Mahakali as described by one of the answerer.

i think and hope this will help you.

Answer 4

Check out this excellent Wikipedia article...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga