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Sitala Sasthiଶୀତଳ ଷଷ୍ଠୀ. Shitalasasthi (also known as Sital sasthi) is celebrated as the wedding of Shiva and Parvati, a major festival of Utkal Brahmins (commonly called as Odia Brahmans) and Aranyaka Brahmins (commonly called as Jhadua Brahmans) since ages. [1] It was started 400 years ago in Sambalpur after the king of ...
Though Shiva was awakened, Kamadeva was burnt up by Shiva's fury. Implored by the other gods to marry, Shiva agreed, but decided to test Parvati's devotion first. The Saptarishi (the seven sages) approached Parvati and mocked Shiva to dissuade her; however Parvati remained resolute. Then Shiva himself, disguised as an old ascetic, visited ...
The name Uma is used for Sati (Shiva's wife, who is the incarnation of Parvati) in earlier texts, [which?] but in the Ramayana, it is used as a synonym for Parvati. In the Harivamsa , Parvati is referred to as Aparna ('One who took no sustenance') and then addressed as Uma, who was dissuaded by her mother from severe austerity by saying u mā ...
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a femme fatale, an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into Hinduism in the narrative epic of the Mahabharata.
Uma–Maheshvara (Sanskrit: उमामहेश्वर, romanized: Umāmaheśvara) is a form of the divine couple, Shiva (Maheshvara) and Parvati (Uma), in Hindu iconography. It features the two principle Hindu deities in a benign form. It is one of the panchavimshatimurti (twenty-five forms of Shiva in Hindu iconography), as has been ...
Devi Adi Parashakti. Devi Adi Parashakti is a mythological television series based on the Hindu texts of the Shiva Purana, the Devi-Bhagavata Purana, the Markandeya Purana, and pan-Indian folktales of the Goddess. The series was created by Siddharth Kumar Tewary, directed by Loknath Pandey and Manish Singh, and produced by Swastik Productions.
Agamani (Sanskrit: अगमनि विजया) (Bengali: আগমনী গান) are genres of Bengali folk songs celebrating the return of the Goddess Parvati to the home of her parents on the eve of the Hindu autumn festival of Durga Puja. [1][2] The Aagamani songs describe the return of Parvati to in her rural home, not as Goddess ...
Annapurna, Annapurneshwari, Annada or Annapoorna (Sanskrit: अन्नपूर्णा, IAST: Annapūrṇā, lit. filled with or possessed of food) [1] is a manifestation of Parvati and is known as the Hindu goddess of food and nourishment. Worship and offering of food are highly praised in Hinduism, and therefore, the goddess Annapurna is ...