Posted by Hillary Rodrigues on 22nd June 2008

Sakta Deities: Iconography, Myths, and Festivals

Mahadevi Durga

  • The Great Goddess Durga

Sarasvati

  • The Goddess Sarasvati

Sri / Laksmi

  • The Goddess Laksmi
  • The Iconography of Sri Laksmi

Kali

  • Kali
  • The Goddess Kali
  • Origins of the Goddess Kali
  • Kali and Western Feminism
  • The Kalighat Temple and Kali
  • Siva and Kali

Other Goddesses

  • The Goddess Sati

The Ten Mahavidyas

  • The Ten Mahavidyas

The Goddess of Smallpox and Disease

  • Sitala: The Goddess of Smallpox and Disease
  • Mariyamman

Ganga

  • Ganga (The Ganges River)
  • Ganga: Goddess and Sacred River

Manasa

  • Manasa
Parvati
  • The Goddess Parvati
  • Siva and Parvati

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