Parvati is also the goddess of love and devotion, or Kamakshi; the goddess of fertility, abundance and food/nourishment, or Annapurna.
Parvati is the Hindu goddess of love, beauty, purity, fertility and devotion. She is the mother goddess in Hinduism and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 1008 names in regional Hindu mythologies of India, including the popular name Gauri.
Aphrodite still remains depicted as a beautiful young woman, with a fair complexion but is Indian in appearance, as she has now become a new incarnation of the goddess Maha-Devi, “the omnipresent female deity of Hinduism, but she appears in many guises and has many names according to her various roles” (Hall 177).
Goddess Durga is an incarnation of Goddess Parvati. She took the avatar of Devi Durga to destroy Mahishasura. The nine forms of Maa Durga are worshiped with nine different prasad or bhog.
Tridevi, or three goddesses, is a term used in Hinduism to describe the three main female deities . These are Saraswati (who is linked to Brahma ), Lakshmi (who is linked to Vishnu ) and Parvati (who is linked to Shiva ).
Durga is one of the most powerful goddesses of Hindus. Hindu scriptures say that Durga came to kill the asuras, that is, the demons. Male gods had failed to control asuras and she was created. She has the powers of all the male gods combined.
While Indrani is mentioned more often than any other Vedic goddess-consorts, she remains overshadowed by her husband. Hymn 10.68 of the Rigveda praises her as being very beautiful and mentions her jealousy of rivals.
Durga is seen as a motherly figure and often depicted as a beautiful woman, riding a lion or tiger, with many arms each carrying a weapon and often defeating demons.
The energy she created from her penance grew so strong that it reached all the way to Shiva, who stirred from his meditation. Noticing Parvati, he became immensely impressed by the princess and he too noticed that she was his loft wife.
Parvati is also worshipped as Durga and Kali as the goddess of power, war, beauty, and love. She is the consort of Shiva, the destroyer of evil, or transformer.
Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' or 'innocence') is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism.
Kāmadeva is represented as a young, handsome man who wields a bow and arrows. His bow is made of sugarcane, and his arrows are decorated with five kinds of fragrant flowers. The five flowers are white lotus, Ashoka tree flowers, Mango tree flowers, Jasmine flowers and blue lotus flowers.
Ardhanarishvara, (Sanskrit: “Lord Who Is Half Woman”) composite male-female figure of the Hindu god Shiva together with his consort Parvati. As seen in many Indian and Southeast Asian sculptures, the right (male) half of the figure is adorned with the traditional ornaments of Shiva.
Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. She was known primarily as a goddess of love and fertility and occasionally presided over marriage.
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love: Goddess of Love and Beauty (Getty Villa Exhibitions) The essence of Aphrodite's power was her ability to provoke desire.
The Gayatri mantra is considered one of the most universal of all Hindu mantras, invoking the universal Brahman as the principle of knowledge and the illumination of the primordial Sun. The mantra is extracted from the 10th verse of Hymn 62 in Book III of the Rig Veda.
A depressed Shiva returned to his ascetic world while Sati was reborn as Parvati, daughter of Himavat, king of the mountains and personification of the Himalayas, and his wife, Mena. Himavat appreciated Shiva ardently. Consequently, Parvati like Sati, won Shiva over by her penance and married him.
To relieve the intense burning in his throat , Parvati Ma took the form of Tara and took her husband Shiva like an infant and breastfeed her nectar like milk to save him .
Many believe that Lord Shiva always had two wives. The first of Lord Shiva's wives was the goddess Sati and the second of his wives was the goddess Parvati. Both of Lord Shiva's wives have many names they are referred to by: Shakti, Uma, Gauri, Kali, Annapurna, Dakshayani, etc.
In destroying evil, Durga transforms into Goddess Kali, who is regarded as her most ferocious avatar. While most people are familiar with these legends and myths about the two Goddesses, what many don't know is that Durga and Kali have donned various avatars over time.
Lakshmi is known to be the daughter of the mother Goddess Durga, and the wife of Vishnu, whom she accompanied, taking different forms in each of his incarnations.
Trinayani Durga (A Thread) Ma Durga is also known as Trinayani Durga, it is the 3rd eye or the eye of consciousness given by Shiva. Her left eye represents desire or the moon, her right eye symbolises action or the sun, and the central or third eye represents fire & knowledge.
They are Ahalya, Draupadi, Sita, Tara, and Mandodari. While Draupadi is from the Mahabharata, Ahalya, Sita, Tara, and Mandodari are from the Ramayana. The Panchakanya are regarded to be ideal women who exemplify perfect wives in Hinduism.
Shiva engaged him in battle and pierced his heart, but Andhaka was able to recover and strike Shiva with his mace. The blood that fell on the ground from the wound gave rise to the eight forms of Bhairava.
Ashokasundari (Sanskrit: अशोकसुन्दरी, Aśokasundarī) is a Hindu goddess and daughter of the deities Shiva and Parvati. She is referenced in the Padma Purana, which narrates her story. The goddess is mostly venerated in South India in the form of Bala Tripurasundari.