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Durga (Kumari, Shakti, Aparajita) was the Hindu multiple armed, great mother and ultimate warrior goddess who was revered throughout India from about 1700 BCE until present times. Mentioned in the Vedas and other Hinduism texts as a water, fertility, and spiritual warrior goddess, she was depicted in sculptures and reliefs as the embodiment of the unconquerable female and family unity. Durga was portrayed as a beautiful golden skinned woman with eight powerful arms. She was also portrayed with a conch shell, bow, spoked disc, and a trident. Kasyapa Agni (Agni, Kasyapa Brahma, Dikpala) was the Hindu Vedic tortoise god Kasyapa, he was the immortal personification tree heartwood and a source of "primordial" creativity. He was the benefactor mentor of all the Devic aspects of nature including air, earth, fire, and water elementals. Mentioned in the Vedas and other Hinduism writings, he was portrayed in the guise of a tortoise guardian who helped resolve difficulties and brought forth munificence. A Solar son of the Pleiadian Ra lineage, he was known briefly as the Hindu god Kasyapa, before he left the Earth to soujorn in Orion and the Pleiades and literally faded from Vedic traditions.
As Agni, he was a Hindu
sacred fire progenitor god and guardian of the Dikpala southeastern quarter. He
was mentioned in the Rig Veda and other Hinduism texts. Revered from about 1500
BCE until the present day, he was depicted in reliefs and sculptures with a
chariot drawn by either parrots or red horses.
As Agni, he was a Hindu sacred fire progenitor god and guardian of the Dikpala southeastern quarter. He was mentioned in the Rig Veda and other Hinduism texts. Revered from about 1500 BCE until the present day, he was depicted in reliefs and sculptures with a chariot drawn by either parrots or red horses. Agni was portrayed in ancient hymns as being the epitome of the celestial fire inherent in all plants and trees. Hindus believed that this embryonic lifeforce emerged when pieces of wood were rubbed together. Parvati (Sakti) was a brilliantly benevolent Hindu agricultural fertility mother goddess mentioned in Puranic texts and the Ramayana Epic. Revered from about 400 ACE until the present times, she was depicted in reliefs and sculptures. Considered by many to be an earlier aspect of Sakti, the embodied of the feminine aspect of creative divinity, she was portrayed with a conch, a decorated headband, a lotus blossom, a mirror, a rosary, and, sometimes as a human female with an elephant head. Rudra Siva was an authentically compassionate Hindu forest fertility father god mentioned in the Vedas and many Hinduism writings. Revered in ancient India until around 300 BCE, he was depicted in reliefs and sculptures. Considered by many to be an earlier aspect of Siva, the embodied of the male aspect of creative divinity, he was portrayed with a beaded wood necklace, a bow, a staff, a drum, a lotus, and, sometimes as a human male with a leafy head...Continue on Go back
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