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' Slayer of Mahishasura '; a name for Durga) is a 1959 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Rajkumar, V. Nagayya, Udaykumar and Narasimharaju. It was dubbed in seven other languages and is retrospectively identified as amongst the first major Pan-India films. [1] [2] [3]
Durga as the mother goddess is the inspiration behind the song Vande Mataram, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, during the Indian independence movement, later the official national song of India. Durga is present in Indian nationalism where Bharat Mata i.e. Mother India is viewed as a form of Durga. This is completely secular and keeping in ...
Pottu Amman is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by K. Rajarathinam and produced by Mangala Productions. It was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Durga, directed by R. K. Selvamani and produced by Ramprasad Reddy. The film featured Venu, Roja, Suresh Krishna, Suvaluxmi and K. R. Vijaya. The film was publicised as actress Roja ...
Goddess Parvati then manifestated as Maa Shoolini and appeared in the right wing of Sharabheswara. She is black in color - that is why she is called Saloni. She is also holding a weapon called a 'Shool' and so she is also called 'Shool Dharini' - and is a form of Maa Kali or Maa Durga. She is also known as Shoolini Durga.
Nava Durga: The Nine Forms of the Goddess. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-93-5305-981-1. Amazzone, Laura (2010). Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-5313-8. Ostor, Akos (2004). The Play of the Gods: Locality, Ideology, Structure, and Time in the Festivals of a Bengali Town. Orient Blackswan.
The Vaishno Devi Temple is an important Hindu temple dedicated to Vaishno Devi located in Katra at the Trikuta Mountains within the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. [9] [10] [11] The Shakta tradition considered it as one of the 108 Shakti Peethas dedicated to goddess Durga. [12] It is one of the most visited pilgrimage centers of India.
Ravi then suddenly has a vision where it is Goddess Durga sitting in the place of Rajeswari, while threatening him with a trident (because the mangalsutra worn by Rajeswari was coincidentally identical to the one worn by Durga). A terrified Ravi, realizes the importance and sanctity of marriage and apologizes to his wife, who presents him a ...
Durga Puja (ISO: Durgā Pūjā, Bengali pronunciation: [d̪uɾɡapud͡ʒa] ⓘ), also known as Durgotsava or Shaaradotsava, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga, and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura.