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Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon Mahishasura

OriginHindu Mythology

The demon Mahishasura, empowered by a boon that no man could defeat him, terrorized the heavens and the earth. In response, the Trimurti combined their energies to manifest Goddess Durga, a warrior deity of supreme power. She engaged the shape-shifting buffalo demon in a cosmic battle, eventually slaying him at the Chamundi Hills to restore Dharma and earn the title Mahishasuramardini.