parts of India‚ a Navaratri festival is celebrated in the spring as well as the fall (Fuller) and is a nine night‚ ten day festival‚ in which the Mother Goddess and her various forms are celebrated each day (HEB). “During these nine nights and ten days‚ nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshipped‚ [and are said to] signify various traits that the goddess influences us with” (Navratri). This festival is observed in most parts of India‚ particularly in northern India‚ eastern and western India‚ although
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WOMEN IN ANCIENT INDIA The sub-continent of India is both diverse in its history and geography. It was not until the Mauryan Empire in the third century b.c.e. when most of India was brought together under one ruling dynasty. Before the Mauryans there was the ancient era known as the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization‚ and then the invasion and settlement of the Aryans along the Ganges River plain. The Ganges and Indus Rivers are known as the mother and father of India. Other rivers traverse
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talent‚ ambitions and dreams for her family.... mother’s are also very supportive. they‚ while playing the role of a wife behave as a pillar of strength and courage for their husbands. in Hindu mythology the are considered to be avatar of goddess laxmi that is the goddess of wealth. but at the same time in Hindu mythology the woman is considered weak and inferior to their male counterparts. the mother is the driving force that forces her child to go to school and makes sure her child is well educated.
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Navami; and on the fourth day‚ the Dashami‚ the image is immersed in the water of a tank or a river. The image is worshipped along with those of other deities like Lakshmi‚ Saraswati‚ Ganesh and Kartikeya. The frame‚ on which the said images are installed‚ contains also the image of Asura (demon) and the lion‚ the vehicle of goddess Durga. There is also a rat at the feet of Ganesh. There is a chal-chitra which is a circular canvas of mat containing paintings of heavenly scenes placed at the back
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symbolising goddess Durga often with her image embossed on the side is placed in the prayer room. The kalash is filled with holy water and covered with cowdung on to which seeds are sown. A small rectangular sand block is made and the kalash is put in the centre. The surrounding bed of sand is also seeded with grains. The ghatasthapana ritual is performed at a certain auspicious moment determined by the astrologers. At that particular moment the priest intones a welcome‚ requesting goddess Durga to
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related to Goddess Shakti (Hindu Mother Goddess) and her various forms. Navratri is divided into three-day sets‚ each devoted to a different aspect of the supreme goddess. The first three days are devoted to Goddess Durga (Warrior Goddess to destroy all our vices‚ impurities‚ and defects) dresses in red and mounted on a lion. The next three day set is devoted to Goddess Lakshmi (the giver of spiritual and material wealth) dressed in gold and mounted on an owl‚ and the last set is devoted to Goddess Saraswati
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The Thousand Faces of Night was structured around the sexual and marital experience of Devi‚ Sita‚ and Mayamma. The strategy adopted by Gita Hariharan was to highlight Devi’s experience by interspersing it with events related to Sita’s and Mayamma’s personal life. These alternative points of view explored the position of woman entrapped in typical male power structures. It portrayed women as vulnerable individuals craving for love and understanding‚ while all the time being victims of their own gender
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Slayer of the Buffalo Titan" statue. This statue was added to the Art Institutes ’ collection in 1996 and labeled as a gift from an anonymous donor. This statue of Durga is a piece of ancient art which I feel represents the power and imagery of the "goddess." The statue is made of grey sandstone and is not all that large measuring in at around 61 centimeters tall. It is estimated that the statue of Durga is from the late 10th century which is also known by the Art Institute as the Koh Ker period.
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this image is prevalent. It is well known‚ yet many may not know the meaning behind it. This is an image of the nine forms of the goddess Durga‚ often called Nav Durga‚ with ‘nav’ being the word for nine. Together‚ the symbols and emblems show Nav Durga is a very significant group of goddesses for Hindus. This image shows the goddess Durga in nine of her forms. The goddess in the middle is the main form‚ Durga. This is evident because she is in the center and is largest‚ suggesting that she is more
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