Durga

= **Durga's Myth And Festival** = The Hindu Goddess Durga was made by other Gods and Goddesses. It started with Mahisasur, the Buffalo Demon who prayed for years. He received blessings from Brahma that no power could kill him which meant he was invincible. But as he gained this power he started damaging the world and killing people. He finally came to wanting to remove the Gods to. In dismay they combined their powers to create Durga. They each gave her their most powerful weapon that she held with her 8 arms. She was sent forth to kill Mahisasur and did. Durga's celebration is in the month Ashwin. Which is September through October. The exact dates are September 28th to October 6th. Durga Puja is the biggest festival in Bengal, it lasts ten days.

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= **Durga's Family** = ﻿Durga does not have any parents because she was created by the gods. However, she does have four kids. Her daughters are @Lakshmi and @Saraswati Devi. Her sons are @Ganesh and Kartikeya. Durga is one of the wives of @Shiva. Durga is known as the mother goddess and is sometimes called the Divine Mother. She is adored by many married woman for having a happy married life.

= **Durga's Symbols** = The gods and goddesses each gave Durga a weapon to fight Mahisasur with. She carried them with her eight arms. She has a mace, sword, disc, arrow, a trident from @Shiva, a lotus flower, and a chakra from @Vishnu. Her red clothing mean she's always busy destroying evil and pretecting mankind from suffering and pain. The lion she rides symbolizes unlimited power. Like Shiva, she is referred to as Triyambake meaning three eyes goddess. She's sometimes seen with three eyes, the left meaning moon and desire, the central eye meaning fire and knowledge and the right eye meaning sun and action. Durga has a bindi on her head, which is a forehead decoration.

= Who Durga Is Also Known By = Durga is an incarnation of Devi, Bhiavani, Sherwali, Amba, Chandika, Gauri, @Parvati, and Vaishno. Her powerfulest forms are of Durga who's the goddess beyond reach and @Kali the goddess of destruction. The name Durga means the inaccessible one. She's also known as Shaivas Durga, the wife of @Shiva.





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