Thread by @kamlesm, #Goddess #Durga in all glory#protector, #Mahisasurmardini destroyer of evil#Navratri #Bronze #sculpture #IndianSculpture [...]

#Goddess #Durga in all glory
#protector, #Mahisasurmardini
destroyer of evil
#Navratri
#Bronze #sculpture
#IndianSculpture

#Goddess #Durga
#MahishasurMardini
#Met #Museum

#Hoysala #Hoyasala
#Durga #Mahishasurmardini
#Navratri

#Goddess #Durga
#MahisasurMardini
#Bronze
#IndianSculpture

#Devi #Durga #Goddess
#Mahisasurmardini
#Mewar Style #Raputana #Rajasthan
#Navratri
#Indianpainting #miniaturepainting #painting

#Durga c. 1775 #Bengal #Goddess depicted as central figure, attacks #buffalo #demon #Mahishasura. Two #yoginis #Shiva on #Nandi appears on main #arch while #Ganesha & #Kartikeya join the Goddess's struggle
#Navratri
#MahishasurMardini

#Ashthamatrikas #Devimahatmya
Eight #mother #Goddess
#Devi they are more powerfull
#Bikaner #Rajasthan
#Navratri

#Chamundeshwari #Devi slaying the #demon
#Mysore #Painting
#Durga #Mahishasurmardini
#Navratri
#Indianpainting

#Devi #Durga #Mahishasurmardini
#Mysore #painting #mysorepainting
#Navratri
#Indianpainting

#Devi #Durga #MahishasurMardini
#Rajasthan
#Navratri
#BritishMuseum

#Devi #Goddess #Durga found immense presence all over India, in every #art form, #Folk #Arts #folklore in form of #devimahatyam or #devimahatmya??
#Madhubani #paintings #traditionalpainting traditionally done by #women of house too had #Durga #Kali etc
#Navratri
#Indianpainting

#Devi #DeviMahatmya is praised all over India
#Madhubanipainting
#Madhubani #painting #Bihar #Mithila done by #ladies of house as tradition
#Navratri
#indianpainting

#Devi #Durga #MahishasurMardini
our PM thanked #German #Chancellor #AngelaMerkel for return of 10th #century statue of #Durga that is originally from #Jammu and #Kashmir #JammuKashmir
so #DeviMahatmya was prevalent from #Pamir #plateau #Himalaya to #Kanyakumari

Standing Four Armed #Goddess #Durga 9th century #India #Jammu & #Kashmir ancient #kingdom of #Kashmir
#Devi #Durga
#Navratri
c: alamy

#Goddess #Devi #Durga #sculpture in #Kailasanatha #temple in #Kanchipuram, #TamilNadu, India. The temple was built by #Pallava #King
#DeviMahatmya was always prevalent all over our #Bharatvarsh we are #bhartiya
#Happy #Navratri
#IndianSculpture
c: alamy

#Devi #Durga
#DeviMahatmya
#Navratri
#Mother #goddess #Devi in #Kashmir #tradition
from #Kashmir to #Kanyakumari #Devi prevails as protector & #destroyer of #Evil

#Devi #Durga
from #Kashmir
#Navratri

#Devi #Goddess
#mother #Maa
#DashMahavidya
#Navratri
several concepts of #Devi are prevalent in our country!!
#Mysore #Tanjore #paintings so depict #Devi
#Indianpainting

#Devi #Goddess #DeviMahatmya
1660 #Goddess #Bhadrakali Worshipped by #gods #Brahma #Vishnu #Shiva
#tantric #Devi series #Basholi #Schoolofpainting India
#pahari often cited as #punjab hills?
#Navratri

#Devi #Goddess #Durga 1665
#Painting
#Devi on her #vahana the Tiger?
Credit Line Edwin Binney
Collection The #SanDiego #Museum of Art
#Navratri
#Indianpainting
#miniaturepainting

The #Shakti of #Shiva in form as #Durga #Mahishasuramardini ca. 1820-1825. #Trichinopoly, India
#Devi #Durga takes many form across India as per #folklore #traditions
#DeviMahatmya prevails everywhere in #Bharat

#Devi #Durga #Rajasthan
#Singhvahini
destroyer of Shunga nishunga
#Navratri
#DeviMahatmya
#Indianpainting
#miniaturepainting

another form of #Devi #Durga
#Goddess #Mother
shows #women has #power but need to #realize, need to #Act?
#Navratri
#Mahishasurmardini destroyer of #evil, that often lies within!!

Far east #Kalighat #Paintings of #Bengal has many gems of painitngs of #Devi #Durga, Bengal was seat of various #Shakya #Tantric sects thus in all #DeviMahatmya rules, #Shakti of #shiva held supreme status
#Mahishasurmardini
#Navratri
#Ya #Devi #Sarvabhutesu

#Devi #Durga in #Kalighat #paintings of #Bengal now they insist for #Bangla?
but #DeviMahatmya will always remain intact!!
#Navratri
#IndianPainting
#VA #Museum V & A Museum

#Bengal is also home to #Pata #chitra !! done by #community of #patua or patwa?
they created beautifull #paintings on scrolls cloths now paper also. thus #Devi #Durga #MahishasurMardini finds place in these #PataChitra too.
#Navratri is for everyone without discrimination

#Devi #Durga #MahishasurMardini finds place in #PataChitra #PattaChitra of #Odisha #Orissa? May #Goddess protect all from #Titli #cyclone
#People must move away from #coastal areas
#DeviMahatmya
#Destroys #evil, Protector of #truth #Dharma
#Navratri
it rained here earlier

#Durga killing #buffalo #demon thus called as #MahishasurMardini
#Orissa present day #Odisha, 13th C #British #Museum #BritishMuseum
#Devi #Durga
#DeviMahatmya
#Navratri

Famous #waterconservation structure #Rani ki #Vav, it was to save #water or #Rain #runoff too! for use #people #travelers etc
also has #devi #durga #Mahishasurmardini #Sculpture
#IndianSculpture
#Navratri
#DeviMahatmya

#Devi #Durga as #Chamundeshwari

#Devi #Durga #MahishasurMardini
said to be in #MetMuseum??
well if not then also #Devi will be blessing one and all without any #discrimination
all depends on our #Karma #dharma #duty
#Navratri

#PattaChitra #PataChitra of #Odisha are beautifull work of #art #handicraft they used #natural #colours on various cloths, silk too? now paper crept in! so did colors #pastel #water #acrylic etc
But #Devi #Goddess #Durga #MahishasurMardini always there to protect & 2 Bless

#Odisha #Indonesia connection is well known!!
#Devi #Durga #MahishasurMardini in #Java #Candi jawi?
volcanic stone?
#DeviMahatmya traveled to #FarEast in #SouthEast #Asia #SE
#IndianSculpture? can i say? #Indonesian #sculpture?
#Navratri
#Mother #Goddess bless everyone on globe

some years back we used to get beautiful paintings in form #Calendars or in #print of #Religious #books, or few were sold in #photoframes, now all vanished & we get #Twitter #OnlineExhibitions of #ArtGallery #Museums
her an old print of #Devi #Durga #Mahishasurmardini frm #Bengal

#Devi #Jagadhatri
#Ambe #Mother of #Universe
#Devi #Durga
#Navratri
old beautifull #print frm #Bengal

#Devi #Gayatri
#DeviMahatmya
#Navratri
Old print

most famous was the cover photo of #DurgaSaptasati made famous by #GeetaPress #Gorakhpur by providing #cheapest #books so that we all can #afford
#Devi #Durga #DeviMahatmya
#argala #strotra etc are given here with elaborate descriptions
#Navratri

another #book was #Kalyan earlier in #Lucknow i used to sneek into these books of Grandparents, amazing beautifull #photo #pictures of #god #Goddesses others too were there. looking at them gave peace emancipating from there aura
#Devi #Mother Goddess #Jagadhatri
Mother universe

#Devi #Parvati
#Devi #Bhuvaneshwari Mother Earth or Universe?
#DeviMahatmya
#Navratri

#DeviMahatmya
#Devi #Durga
invoked by #Shri #Ram before marching for a #war, that's why invoked as #Vijaya, seeking blessing from #godess for #Vijay or #Victory
#Vijayadashmi

#Goddess #Ambika or #Durga
leading the #Eight #Matrikas #Asthmatrikas in #Battle Against the #Demon #Raktabija,
#DeviMahatmya
#Navratri
#Indianpainting

an impression of #Devi from South #Keral in #Mural style of #painting
Sri Thirumeni Guruji: DEVI MAHATMYA STOTHRA ASHTAKAM https://srithirumeniguruji.blogspot.com/2015/05/devi-mahatmya-stothra-ashtakam_19.html?spref=tw

Educating #children or next generation about #heritage also is our duty!
#AmarChitraKatha brought out this tales of #Durga that i had read in many years back (40?) when i was in school. these books are best form of introducing such tales
#Devi #Durga #DeviMahatmya
#Navratri

#Devi #Goddess #Shitala #Mata in #Kalighat #painting #KalighatPainting
broom symbolizes #hygiene #cleanliness #sanitation! are most essential for #health #healthy #life.
#Kumbh Pot is #safe #water that too is required for #health
this is last day when we can eat food 1day old?

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1050641281561505793

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1050641281561505793

#KaalRatri #devi a form of #Durga #goddess.
today is the night.
#Navratri

#Madhubani #painting also has #KaalRatri or #Devi #Durga
#madhubanipainting
#indianpainting
#Navratri

#Devi #Durga #Mahishasurmardini
slaying #demons with all her mighty force
as #creator force #Stri #Shakti is required to destroy #evils inside of us.
#Navratri

#Britanica has this pic for
#Devi #Durga #Navratri
equipped with weapons #shakti is empowered to destroy #demons, they symbolize #evils inside human beings.
#Singhvahini that symbolizes fearless,
since she is protector so she has to be fearless but with power
#Indianpainting

many years back in #childhood i used to see such images of #devi #durga #Mahishasurmardini in #calendars hanging in homes, but now such images has become outdated? fades away
#Navratri
with times imagery of #goddess also changed?
Happy Navratri to all

#Devi #Durga #Mahishasurmardini
beautifull #painting at #Brooklyn_Museum #Museum
#Navratri
similar to patchitra? or from Andhra? #Mysore #Tanjore?

there are #Dash #Mahavidya (s) often invoked in #Gupt #Navratri?
#Devi in forms of #Mahavidyas depicted inspired by #PattaChitra or?
So many forms of #Shakti who bless for longivity & protect by destroying #demons the #evils inside us
Happy #Navratri

#Ten #Mahavidya #Dash #Mahavidya (s) form of #devi #shakti #goddess in #Madhubani #paintings are depicted incorporating various #folklores of local #goddess.
#Navratri

#Navadurga forms of #Devi #Durga painted at #Ramnath #Podar #Haveli #Museum in #Nawalgarh, #Rajasthan.
beautifull #fresco #paintings on #walls
#Navratri
many #havelis in #Rajasthan have treasure of our #heritage few have come up with renovation, but few we lost

#Devi #durga #Mahishasurmardini #HimachalPradesh #nurpur_1700-10_ca
#Navratri
#Indianpainting
pahari style as it was called, has many of things common or influenced by #Rajputana #painting

#Neo #Modern often known #contemporary #Art? but it's #AbstractArt? #Abstractism? or #Activism?
An #artist's imagination of #Kali #or #KalRatri
#Devi #goddess can be invoked in any form?
but #jagdamba #jagdambika #Jagdhatri bless one & all?
#Happy #Navratri

#Devi #Durga #MahishasurMardini appears in #PataChitra #PattaChitra of #Bengal! #Singhvahini destroys #demon, #mahishasur, symbol of towering #ego, #attitude etc
#Navratri

#Bengal is land of #tantric #tantra #Shakya etc, thus thought it influenced #Buddhism via #Himalaya #himalayan routes
#Devi #Goddess appears in #Tanricpainting #Budhism symbolization, few in #Thankas in #Monastery, there also #Shakti is #power #protector and #destroyer of #evil

#Bengal has been heart of several innovation, in field of #artistic #expression through multi #media #Painting #sculptures #batik etc? here a #devi #Goddess by an Artist seems to be influenced by #batik on cloth

another innovative imagination of expression in #painting #Devi #Goddess

Devi #Goddess #Kali in #PataChitra #PattaChitra #Odisha

today is sixth day #Navratri thus day of #Devi #Katyayani
she is fierce forms of #Shakti or #Durga, a #Warrior #goddess, that includes #Bhadrakali & #Chandika, born to #Sage #Katyayan thus this name.
first mentioned in #Taittiriya #Aranyaka part of #Yajurveda

#Devi #Mother #Goddess #Durga #MahishasurMardini in #PataChitra of #Odisha
happy #Navratri
celebrate #victory of #truth, #wisdom #righteousness over #evil #darkness #ignorance #ego
#JaiBhavani

#Devi #Kaatyayani
my #Gotra may be association from #Sage #Katyayan or #Vishwamitra?

https://swayamkatha.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/devi-kaatyayani/ via @wordpressdotcom

Devi Kaatyayani

Today is the fifth day of Navraatri, the nine days of Devi. This day is dedicated to the Devi Kaatyayani. She was born in the house of Sage Kaatyayan. That’s why the name was accorded to her. My Ku…

https://swayamkatha.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/devi-kaatyayani/

while searching #Gargi one of my #kul #devi i found #Sister #Gargi born as #MarieLouiseBurke United States joined #RamakrishnaMission wrote #SwamiVivekananda in the West: New Discoveries in 2volumes, took #Sannyasa & named #Pravrajika #Prajnaprana

#Devi #Goddess #Kali #Kerala, 17th century
#Sculpture
#Jackwood with traces of paint
at #LosAngeles #County #Museum of #Art @LACMA ?
http://collections.lacma.org/sites/default/files/remote_images/piction/ma-17272081-O3.jpg
c: wiki
intricate #carving #jewellery #Ornaments
happy #Navratri

Devi Durga with MahaKali form
fought with demons, destroyed evils
#Navratri https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1163870138459799552?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1163870138459799552?s=20

Devi Durga in saumya avatar
doesn't mean that shakti will forgive evils,
as per karma, each individual gets appropriate punishment

beautifull painting
#metmuseum? https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1177179943685373952?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1177179943685373952?s=20

#Navratri
Devi Durga
in various forms represent #shakti the female power which symbolizes mother Earth & Nature itself. https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1176377082495942656?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1176377082495942656?s=20

Devi Durga
as Mahishasurmardini
destroys evil powers in human. for every kind of act requires courage & tone that is beyond capabilities of men, shakti is invoked
a painting https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1176813947367772160?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1176813947367772160?s=20

Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini
in Bengal
terracota temple https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1153998410728345601?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1153998410728345601?s=20

Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini
shakti in this form took fight when assembly of male gods could not defeat demon
thus shakti (feminine form is too important) for universe.
Gaya, Bihar, late 9th century Sculpture
Accession Number:2016.650
@metmuseum

Photograph of a sculptured slab representing Durga slaying Mahisasura at Dulmi (Ramgarh #Jharkhand) taken by Joseph David Beglar in 1872-73.
1865 Thomas Fraser Peppé wrote, about 10 armed Devi!
@britishlibrary
British officials intensively photographed such treasures.

Jai Devi Durga
1st century BC???
beautifull wooden sculpture Bengal, shunga period
thnx to @metmuseum

rare to find such depiction of devi on lotus? earlier i shared one painting from Rajasthan having flowery depiction around devi.

Jai maa Ambe
just sight of it gives immense power?
Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini in full splendour
beautifully depicted her powers, bhaav here in this metallic sculpture, Nepal. seems Buddhist or Himalayan Art influence?

Rubin Museum of Art

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्ति-रूपेण संस्थिता।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः
Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini
Hoyasala
Museum Rietberg, Zürich (how come?)
ornamented sculpture
may devi bring #peace to everyone
first requirement for all round development.
spiritual mental physical

Devi Ambika
Durga manifestation or Shakti
beautifull sculpture in Ambika Mata Temple at Jagat near #Udaipur. cited as Khajuraho of #Mewar. first i thought it from Kahjuraho or Odisha.
Ambika is revered by Jain too
9th century
ancient temple art of Bharat

Mahishasurmardini
Devi Durga
Shakti is revered in land of Rajputana!
Ambika mata temple at Jagat, said to be built in 9th century
temple dedicated to Shakti

या देवी सर्वभूतेषू कान्ति रूपेण संस्थिता।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः
Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini
may evil be destroyed
bless everyone with तेज, दिव्यज्योति, उर्जा

its our Bhartiya tradition
global message nothing regional
love to all
Ambika temple Jagat Rajasthan

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु दया-रूपेण संस्थिता।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः
Durga Slaying Buffalo Demon
Mahishasurmardini
#Indonesia, Central Java, 9th-10th century
Sculpture
Volcanic stone
thnx to @LACMA
once you forgive not always, evil must be punished

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्ति-रूपेण संस्थिता।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः
Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini

beautifull traditional painting mother Shakti slaying demon.
Guler, Himachal Pradesh circa 1750-75
seems unfinished?
Gods in attendance, saluting Devi
c: @LACMA

Devi Durga from rock cut cave?
udaygiri, MP
rock-stone carving
sulupture? https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1179069875890688000?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1179069875890688000?s=20

Devi Durga
again from a rock cut cave?
Mahabalipuram, near Chennai has many monolith carved temple-shrines scattered around.
famous is that 3 tier temple https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1178642449381478402?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1178642449381478402?s=20

Devi Durga
सिंघारूढ
Singh Arudh
navdurga?
#navratri
holding flower bud, Trishul, Kamandal
ASI-jageshwar Museum, Dehradun

but they did not placed detailed description below the picture?

Devi Mahatmya: Durga kills demon Raktabija
Devi Kali, stops blood from touching Earth
#Plastic is like Raktabija, once created can't be destroyed-even for 1000years it can live on Earth? #SayNoToPlastic #saveplanet #SaveEnvironment
thnx @RCT Indian Painting 1800-05 Rajputana

llustration form Markendeya Purana: Adoration of Durga
Kangra or Mandi, circa 1810-20

Devi is culmination of forces-weapons of God-Devtas.
other half needs support from other half to win over difficult times!
Devi can be in any form, Nari-Shakti around us
Ambika
@bonhams1793

no need to go outside home to realise Devi Durga. She is within each one of us.

painting depicts Trinity-Brahma Vishnu Mahesh with their counterparts Devi-Saraswati Laxmi Parvati
Durga in Navratri often revered as these 3 devi(s)?
देवीमाहात्म्य
May Devi bless All
@V_and_A

Devi Durga worshipped by Brahma Vishnu & Shiva 1850–1900. Kashmir

even mighty Gods worship NariShakti in form of Durga, who only can demolish evils-such as ego, greed, lust, darkness -demons

jai Ambe

Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B86D14 as detailed
education .asianart. org

Devi Durga Mahishasurmardini
who killed buffalo demon, 10th century TN
Sculpture Granite(Chola?)
Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art museum @asianartmuseum

being victorious doesn't means loose humility-thus she is just Mother Goddess to all of us, as protector Ambe Ambika

न मानो तो मिटटी मानो तो माता
it's perception
for few it's Mother #Earth that provides livelihood-food when she takes form of Devi Durga, worshiped by humans after purchasing it, then again meets ends in River-Earth at Visharjan विसर्जन
LIFE-CYCLE Rhythm of life
जीवन चक्र
Ambika

clay from mother #Earth taking shape of Mother Goddess Devi Durga-Mahishasurmardini
Mahamaya
Mahavidya
Matrika
Ambika
in hands of our artists at Kumhartola(they spell Kumartuli?) kumortuli on banks of Hoogly

since centuries jeevan chakra goes on
#ecofriendly pooja

nature is worshiped in Bharat as mother(Earth, river etc) life starts from her father's home
Uma-Durga-devi Agamani returns with Ganesh, Himalaya greets her, same happens in Durgapuja times daughters r welcomed. Laxmi Saraswati Kartikey too return
Bengal painting @britishmuseum

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्ति-रूपेण संस्थिता
नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः
grandeur of Devi Durga Mahishasurmardini elaborately highlighted by beautifull intricate carving in stone
Hoyasala sculpture
sculpture was presented to seventh Viscount Powerscourt whilst in Karnataka in 1861
@V_and_A

Devi Durga Mahishasurmardini
beautifully done in clay! height 17.5cm
terracotta sculpture
mid 7th century Uttar Pradesh

as per @V_and_A
Durga is recurrent subject from Kushan period (1st century AD-320 AD) onwards?

thus which would be oldest find? appearance of Durga?

Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini

Durgai, Panchanadisvara Temple, Thiruvandarkovil-Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Sculpture in Stone

Devi Durga
as Mahishasurmardini

shrine is also called temple of Lara Jonggrang (Javanese)
after a Javanese legend of princess Lara Jonggrang
or Loro Jonggrang

Sculpture is inside Shiva temple, Prambanan, Central #Java, #Indonesia
how can we unite? now?

Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini
slightly differs from one of Hoyasala i shared above, may be different temple at halebidu?
13th century sculptures at @LACMA are best example of Bharatiya Moortikala-Sthapatyakala

try to compare from above

Matrika(s)
Goddess Ambika Leading the Eight Mother Goddesses in Battle Against Demon Raktabija, Folio from Devimahatmya
Nepal, early 18th century
at @LACMA
https://collections.lacma.org/node/236943

Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini
#Himachal #chamba rumal #embroidery
can it be termed as Himalayan Art?
#Navratri https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1254720018454994947?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1254720018454994947?s=20

Devi Amba Ambika Matrika is omnipresent
Mother is Life, without her there can't be life in this Universe
Even God bow to Devi-mother-matrika
#Durga procession in Tanjore
#Navratri https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1181957294386372609?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1181957294386372609?s=20

Himalyan Kingdom with which we share culture heritage since centuries
few Maowadi can't snatch these ties
Devi Durga in #Nepal https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1211986994697363458?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1211986994697363458?s=20

Devi #Durga
Mahishasurmardini
#Navratri
energy united in form of Devi to rescue humanity https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1248190241837469696?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1248190241837469696?s=20

Devi #Durga
from North East India
Singhvahini at #Unakoti
Navratri
Jai Devi Mahishasurmardini
its really amazing that how deep in forest of North East Himalaya(s) such carvings made in stone, & remained unknown, so remotely placed https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1197754850777255936?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1197754850777255936?s=20

Devi Durga
Bengal is no doubt famous for beautifull devi murti & pandal, some century old puja are heritage of few families.
there(in Bengal) it developed in an Art form, most innovative i found https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242879576545452033?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242879576545452033?s=20

Medium is no limitation for Devi to take Form
Human too innovate as per need & availability
Thus we found most beautfiull Devi Durga, Mahishasurmardini #terracotta #clay in #Bengal

Jai ho Devi Amba & artists who tirelessly work to uplift our Art heritage https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1282581042063216640?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1282581042063216640?s=20

Many #Durga Puja Moorti have become part of family heritage-treasure in few Raja Bari or rich families
but they are part of our heritage too
Beautifull art skills of artisans made them

Jai Devi Jagdhatri #Jagdambika https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1282591031351902210?s=20

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Devi has Saumya darshan, but still she can be Chandika or will not hesitate to punish evil
Devi Durga
#Navratri https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242874494772887552?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242874494772887552?s=20

Devi in NorthEast India
Though #durga but known as Chakrama or Devi Charakma at #Chabimura
how such carving was done in mountains-stone in #Himalayas #Tripura? & hidden or faded away from public memory
most of our heritage met same fate
Navratri https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1197792361973071872?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1197792361973071872?s=20

#DurgaPuja
Devi #Durga
slaying Demon Nishumbha
Jaipur Painting https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242874955143888898?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242874955143888898?s=20

Devi Durga
Mahadevi at Birhadeshwar? temple Tanjore https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1181103991091937280?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1181103991091937280?s=20

Be any mediuam Devi only requires true devotion
thus she manifest in any form while man tries hand on in any medium
here Devi #Durga, Mahishasurmardini in Bronze
Happy Navratri
@ROMtoronto https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1231979775943569409?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1231979775943569409?s=20

Devi #Durga
Mahishasurdhani
#navratri
Shakti nari Shakti manifests in form devi puja
And Devi is part of our heritage of Bharatbhoomi https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1197773075707596800?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1197773075707596800?s=20

Devi #Durga #Mahishasurmardini #Ellora caves
Dates debated, few fight to prove site as jain buddh but universal truth is among all faith sampraday on BharatBhoomi Devi shakti is revered respected
So just bow

at feet of Shakti
and respect nari shakti https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242907347313291264?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242907347313291264?s=20

Tripursundari?
त्रिपुरसुन्दरी
#नवरात्रि #navratri https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1119456652657405952?s=19

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1119456652657405952?s=19

Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1235541089873850368?s=19

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1235541089873850368?s=19

Devi Durga
Culmination of feminine power-energy,
Mahishssurmardini
Happy #Navratri https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1206282335227768832?s=19

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1206282335227768832?s=19

Devi manifests in many forms
But feminine power reigns supreme
Devi Durga Mahishasurmardini in Pata chitra of Odisha patta chitra https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1130377030493646848?s=19

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1130377030493646848?s=19

Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1194670471385505793?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1194670471385505793?s=20

Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini
Bronze work of Bengal https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1240373964175593473?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1240373964175593473?s=20

Devi Durga
Shumbh Nishumbh sangharini https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242871784757530625?s=20

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242871784757530625?s=20

Devi Durga
Pauba or Thangka painting celebrate devi
Spread from Tibet to Arunachal Pradesh https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242872934718255106?s=19

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1242872934718255106?s=19

दुर्गा
दुर्गार्तिशमनी
दुर्गा पद्विनिवारिणी
दुर्गमच्छेदिनी
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दुर्गनाशिनी
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दुर्गमापहा
दुर्गमज्ञानदा
दुर्गदैत्यलोकदवानला
दुर्गमा
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दुर्गमात्मस्वरूपिणी
दुर्गमार्गप्रदा
दुर्गमविद्या
दुर्गमाश्रिता
दुर्गमज्ञानसंस्थाना
दुर्गमोहा

दुर्गमध्यानभासिनी
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दुर्गमासुरसंहन्त्री
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दुर्गमता
दुर्गम्या
दुर्गमेश्वरी
दुर्गभीमा
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दुर्गदारिणी
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Devi Durga
Mahishasurmardini https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1318998917447442432?s=19

https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1318998917447442432?s=19

LOT244
A POLYCHROMED WOODEN PANEL OF DURGA SLAYING A DEMON

KERALA, 17TH CENTURY
देवी दुर्गा महिषासुर मर्दिनी
@ChristiesInc

Now found majestic Devi Durga Mahishasurmardini
देवी दुर्गा महिसासुर मर्दिनी
From Kerala केरल
@LACMA
Just a sight and I feel amazed at divya darshan

Old world had a different charm! A gem from past I found. Amazing beautiful painting of Devi Durga Mahishasur mardini, earlier such types of calendars were printed and we're available in market. Nowadays extinct, I have to steal from internet!
देवी दुर्गा महिसासुर मर्दिनी

Devi Durga in combat with Mahishasur
Mahishasurmardini
painting 1800
Detroit Institute of Art @DIADetroit
here demon shown in actual form of buffalo, since he was mayavi, could change forms as per will- was it our desires-greed, evil thoughts that need to be conquered?

style?

https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/durga-combat-bull-mahishasura-3522

The Goddess Devi Fights the Buffalo Demon, Mahisha

Check out The Goddess Devi Fights the Buffalo Demon, Mahisha from Detroit Institute of Arts Museum

https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/durga-combat-bull-mahishasura-3522

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