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Durga or Doorga is a Hindu deity and consort of Siva. She is depicted as having ten arms. Her most famous exploit was slaying Mahisha, the chief of the demons. The festival of Durga puja is celebrated annually in her honour.
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In Balinese and Javanese mythology, Durga is the goddess of death and disease. She is married to Waruna or Kala-Siwa and is the queen of the cemetery Gandamait, where she lives, ruling ghosts and demons. She is the patroness of witches, sorcerers and other magicians of the black arts, guna- guna.
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In Javanese mythology, Mahisa was an evil demon which took the shape of a buffalo. The goddess Kali or Uma, wife of Siwa, at the gods' request, took on her terrifying form as Durga, the goddess of death, to destroy the monster.
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Mahisha was chief of the demons in Hindu mythology. He was killed by Durga.
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Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival celebrated over nine days in September through October. Observed throughout India, it commemorates the slaying of demons by Rama and the goddess Durga; in some places it is dedicated to all female deities.
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In Balinese mythology, Waruna is the god of oceans, sea, rain and water who rules the west and is married to Durga.
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