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Durga is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language children's film, directed and written by Rama Narayanan, with dialogue written by Pugazhmani. It stars Baby Shamili (dual role) playing the title role, with Nizhalgal Ravi , Kanaka and Kitty in the lead while Sathyapriya , Vagai Chandrasekhar , Senthil and Vennira Aadai Moorthy play pivotal roles.
According to the Devi Mahatmya, in the legend called the Mahishasura Vadha, [8] furious about the asuras under Mahishasura expelling the devas and overrunning Svarga, the Trimurti (supreme trinity) of the deities Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva combined their energies, which assumed the form of a goddess called Durga. Armed with the weapons and ...
[4] [5] It was dubbed in seven languages [6] - including in Telugu under the same name [7] and in Hindi as Durga Maata (lit. ' Mother Durga ', 1960). [8] [9] This was the first movie shot in Vikram Studios, Madras. [10] Rajkumar sang a duet as a playback singer for the first time through the song Thumbithu Manava in this movie. [11] [12]
These usages are in different contexts. For example, Durg is the name of an Asura who had become invincible to gods, and Durga is the goddess who intervenes and slays him. Durga and its derivatives are found in sections 4.1.99 and 6.3.63 of the Ashtadhyayi by Pāṇini, the ancient Sanskrit grammarian, and in the commentary of Nirukta by Yaska ...
The marvellous temple of Shoolini Devi is principally reckoned for the Shoolini Mela celebrated here in the last week of June every year. Dedicated to the patron Goddess of Solan i.e. Maa Shoolini, celebrated in the honor of Goddess Shoolini commemorates the three days visit of the Goddess Shoolini Devi to her elder sister.
According to the Devi Mahatmya, Durga is described to have incarnated as Raktadantika to slay and devour the danava children of the asura Viprachitti. Her teeth are described to have turned as red as the flowers of a pomegranate, a consequence of which she was named Raktadantika. [3] This legend is also featured in the Markandeya Purana. [4]
During the early years of his theatrical career he acted in plays speaking in multiple languages including English, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu. In 1997, he travelled to the US and Canada for his Gujrati play Derani Jethani .
In a Bengali rendering of the Ramayana legend, Rama travelled to Lanka to rescue his abducted wife, Sita, from Ravana, the rakshasa king. Ravana was a devotee of Durga, who worshipped her in a temple in Lanka. However, angered by the abduction of Sita, a form of the great goddess, Durga shifted her loyalties to Rama.