Mahishasura (Sanskrit: महिषासुर, IAST: Mahiṣāsura) is a bovine asura in Hinduism. He is depicted in Hindu literature as a deceitful demon who pursued...

The Mahishasura Mardini Stotra (Sanskrit: महिषासुरमर्दिनीस्तोत्रम्, IAST: Mahiṣāsuramardinīstotraṃ) is a Hindu stotra. Comprising 21 verses, the work...

Mahishasura Mardini (lit. 'Slayer of Mahishasura'; a name for Durga) is a 1959 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The...

Nirukta by Yaska. Durga is commonly known as Mahishasura-mardini for slaying the half-buffalo demon Mahishasura. She is also known as Vindhyavasini (she who...

Temple has a quadrangular structure. A key feature is the statue of Mahishasura bearing a sword in his right hand and a cobra in the left. Within the...

the very powerful Mahishasura was born. Rambha also rose from the fire under the name Raktabīja along with his brother, Mahishasura. Raktabīja secured...

the very powerful Mahishasura was born. Rambha also rose from the fire under the name Raktabīja along with his brother, Mahishasura. According to legends...

Uthpal Dashora as Raktabeeja Zuber Ali / Arav Chowdhary as Mahishasura Unknown as young Mahishasura Chetan Hansraj as Parashurama Manish Bishla as Samudra...

popular legend is about the triumph of Kanaka Durga over the demon King Mahishasura. It is said that the growing menace of demons became unbearable for the...

manifesting as goddess Durga leads the forces of good against the demon Mahishasura—the goddess is very angry and ruthless, and the forces of good win. The...

Mahishi is a she-buffalo demoness in Hindu mythology, the sister of Mahishasura. After her brother was killed by Parvati's aspect as Durga, the shape-shifting...

granting land to Karnataka Samskrit University. In 2015, Guru called Mahishasura, a mythological demon killed by Hindu Goddess Mahishasurmardini or Chandmundeshwari...

said that the goddess chose Vidhyanchal to stay after killing the demon Mahishasura. Thousands of devotees can be seen in the temples of Vidhyanchal and...

another demon who had taken the form of a wild buffalo, Mahishasura (hence her name Mahishasura Mardhini or "the slayer of Mahisha the demon"). Later,...

(कात्यायनी) is an aspect of Mahadevi and the slayer of the tyrannical demon Mahishasura. She is the sixth among the Navadurgas, the nine forms of Hindu goddess...

took the form of Durga and slayed Mahishasura, and since then she is also known as Mahishasura Mardhini. Mahishasura was in the form of a buffalo. At the...

mean sea level. It is believed that Goddess Durga slayed the demon king Mahishasura on the top of this hill which was ruled by him. The place was later known...

of Mahishasura with one hand and pulling his tail with the other. One of her feet is on a lion, and the other is on Mahishasura's chest. Mahishasura is...

traditions. As Mother Durga fights with demon Mahishasura, she steps one feet on Somnandi and other feet on Mahishasura to kill him for the upliftment of dharma...

plastic arts of Ahom temple architecture. Durga is depicted decimating Mahishasura, the demon king with a buffalo head, by thrusting a spear. She is riding...

assumes the form of an elephant. It may refer to demons: the son of Mahishasura--killed by god Shiva: see Gajasurasamhara killed by Shiva and his head...

Riddhi Saachi Tiwari as Siddhi Javed Pathan as Veerbahu Nirbhay Wadhwa as Mahishasura and Hanuman Tushar Dalvi as Himavan Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Om Namah Shivay...

goddess Durga, and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura. It is the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus and the Indian state of...

also worshipped Surya. Rambha (asura) Raktabīja Shumbha and Nishumbha Mahishasura Dhumralochana Sugriva (asura) Bhattacharji, Sukumari (1995). Legends...

main deity of the cave temple Durga slaying the buffalo headed demon Mahishasura, and the third sanctum has a sculpture of Shiva. The cave is dated to...

people. It depicts the story of the goddess killing mahishasura. Temple front view Temple hall Mahishasura mardhini image inside temple Kali image inside temple...

of Durga during the nine-day long duration of the war with demon-king Mahishasura, where the tenth day is celebrated as the Vijayadashami (lit. 'victory...

The central icon which is worshipped is a four-handed goddess slaying Mahishasura. In her upper two hands she holds Shankha and Chakra, while the lower...

holding multiple weapons. According to the Devi Mahatmya, after the asura Mahishasura was slain by Durga, the divinities embarked on a pilgrimage to the Himalayas...

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