Prissy BANKS
Philosophy and Religion-HUM 400
May 21, 2011

Goddess Durga

Goddess Durga formerly had non-Aryan inherited relations which one scrupulous

area is called the Sabaras. One of the major purposes for this belief is Durga’s clearly

unusual trend of intaking alcohol, drinking blood, and eating red meat. Another purpose

is believing that Durga was an ancestral and town goddess is the relation with fruitfulness

within her devotion, ritual, and in a few traditions. The relationship among fertility and

combat images has led Narenda Bhattacharyya to end the myths of many combats with

evil spirits. Durga has nature legends as the goddess of plants overcomes the evil spirits

symbolizing water shortage.

The discovery of Durga with vegetation and fertility is the significance of brutal

forfeit and the reward of her devotees’ blood. Durga is plainly associated to a greatly

ancient belief than her Brahmanical beginning myths would show. She was once a town

goddess who became well-known in the medieval times. Durga’s position in killing a

formerly unbeatable evil spirit celebrates the triumph of good versus evil. Durga is

the mainly significant feature of the Mahadevi in this passage that .

Therefore, we were gone in no disbelief of her divine nature. She had given her

combined fiery powers of all gods in their desperation after they were continuously

During that battle, she does not struggle with male followers. If she wants help, she forms

female helpers. She does not give her power or sakti to a male convert. Instead, she gives

power from the male gods to act upon her heroic acts. They give up their force to her.

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Durga is geared up with Brahman because she includes himself all the values of

conception, safeguarding, and termination. Durga describes as a gorgeous blonde goddess

who has ten arms. Durga formed her heroic fight with the spirit Mahisasura. It affirms

that Ma Durga is named Mangala because she had struggled with Mahisasura. She

became very exhausted but the demon still had plenty of power. He fell over her into the

center of the ocean when she was weak. Durga exhaled out and went into labor before

conceiving a baby girl who grew up as a goddess.

Traditionally, the Durga image has a triangular-sized face with big and meaningful

almond-shaped eyes. Durga is usually symbolizes with a pale, pink benevolent-looking

face through in some descriptions her eyes appears to sparkle angrily as she forces her

weapon into the demon’s shoulder. There have been changes in the growth of other deities

that looks like pujas. Durga’s mount, the lion, has also undergone major changes as its

ancient origin that looks like a horse than a lion. Each imaginable kind of textile has been

worn to create the deities appear extravagant. The majority of decorations made from

pith trimmed with gold and silver ornaments.

There were alive and vibrant pujas during the presence of Durga. She surrenders

her tradition along the streets of Kolkata. The rich families of Kolkata still uphold their

own pujas in order to protect the customary rituals and iconography. The most part of

family pujas violently look for a reproduction of their forefathers’ time. There is extremely

shifting of ritual methods used by the priests and the manner of the deities themselves.

The most established iconography depicts Durga’s lion with a vicious horse-like face.

While the family pujas defend ritual, some of them have formed its own style.

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The practice of baptism is a characteristic of many celebrations like orthodox

and local. Some spiritual groups believe that the river will take Durga back to the

immerse force built up throughout the celebration. Many rituals have been called upon

the force of the goddess into her clay image. There is also a certainty that if the force was

gone astray, it is the strength that threatens the cosmos. Therefore, the practice of

baptism is essential so that the force may be dissipated naturally and safely.

The ladies remain on the bank with regretful expressions on their faces. They

bid their goodbye to the goddess silently. Everyone assembled shout a victory salute.

One brass pot of water, the water of peace is brought back and its water is sprinkled.

This is the end of cleansing and the allocation of well-being marks the end of the festival.