https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q Researching about Hindu Goddess. World Religion H. Sofia Gomez 9/11/17 en-us 2017-09-11 13:21:21 UTC 2017-09-14 13:07:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186355073 Durga is the original manifested form of Mother Parvati or Adi-Parashakti.]]> 2017-09-11 13:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186355073 asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186362854 According to legend, Durga was created for the slaying of the buffalo demon Mahisasura by Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and the lesser gods, who were otherwise powerless to overcome him. Embodying their collective energy (shakti), she is both derivative from the male divinities and the true source of their inner power.]]> 2017-09-11 13:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186362854 asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186369230 Among her many avatars are Kali, Bhagvati, Bhavani, Ambika, Lalita, Gauri, Kandalini, Java, and Rajeswari.]]> 2017-09-11 13:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186369230 asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186372082 Befitting her role as mother protector, Durga is a multi-limbed so that she may always be ready to battle evil from any direction. In most depictions, she has between eight and 18 arms and holds a symbolic object in each hand.]]> 2017-09-11 13:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186372082 asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186372832 Like her consort Shiva, the goddess Durga is also referred to as Triyambake (the three-eyed goddess). Her left eye represents desire, symbolized by the moon; her right eye represents action, symbolized by the sun; and her middle eye stands for knowledge, symbolized by fire.]]> 2017-09-11 13:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186372832 asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186381921 She is the embodiment of purity, knowledge, truth and self-realization. Goddess Durga represents the power of the Supreme Being that preserves moral order and righteousness in the universe.]]> 2017-09-11 14:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186381921 asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186759820 Shiva and Brahman created her.  Her daughters are  Lakshmi and Saraswati (Hindu goddesses of wealth and knowledge, respectively).]]> 2017-09-12 13:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186759820 asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186766710 http://hindumythologyforgennext.blogspot.com/2011/12/goddess-durga-slayer-of-mahisha.html ]]> 2017-09-12 13:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186766710 asgomez https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186779006 A major concept that Durga relates to Hinduism, is that she is no greater than any of the other gods. All gods and goddess are considered equal even though they may create, destroy, protect the world. I also learned that the deity's are all created from one another and all stay together. All representing they are one as the same. ]]> 2017-09-12 13:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/asgomez/twhbz3grzm0q/wish/186779006