Chandi
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Chandi or Chandika is a Hindu deity. Chandika is a form of goddess Durga. She is an incarnation of the Goddess Chamunda. Both are often associated with other powerful goddesses like Durga, Katyayani,
Newari portrayal of Chandi
A Burmese portrayal of Chandi (Sandi Dewi)
Debi Durga Sculpture by Sandalwood Murshidabad WB 30 01 2018
India statue of nataraja
Chamunda
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Chamunda, also known as Chamundeshwari, Chamundi or is a fearsome form of Chandi, the Hindu mother goddess, Mahadevi and is one of the seven Matrikas.
Chandi
…Sanskrit: चण्डी, IAST: Caṇḍī) or Chandika (IAST: Caṇḍika) is a Hindu deity. Chandika is a form of goddess Durga. She is an incarnation of the Goddess Chamunda. Both are often associated with other powerful goddesses like Durga, Katyayani, Kali and Kalaratri. Chandi is particularly revered in West Bengal and…
14th century Nepalese sculpture of Chamunda.
Chamunda, 11th-12th century, National Museum, Delhi. The ten-armed Chamunda is seated on a corpse, wearing a necklace of severed heads.
The Goddess Ambika (here identified with: Durga or Chandi) leading the Eight Matrikas in Battle Against the Demon Raktabīja, Folio from a Devi Mahatmya - (top row, from the left) Narasimhi, Vaishnavi, Kumari, Maheshvari, Brahmi. (bottom row, from left) Varahi, Aindri and Ambika. Chamunda drinking the blood of demons (on right) arising from Raktabīja's blood
The Great Goddess in Her Chamunda Form. Mughal miniature, possibly from a scroll of the Devi Mahatmya, c. 1565-1575. Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh