Devī is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is Deva. Devi and Deva mean 'heavenly, divine, anything of excellence', and are gender-specific terms for deity in Indian religions.
A sculpture of the goddess Lakshmi
Parvati riding a lion with her son Ganesha
Image of goddess Saraswati
Shaktism is a major Hindu denomination in which Shakti or the divine feminine energy is revered as the Ultimate reality, and is personified as Adi Parashakti, whose numerous forms, with each having di
Shaktism is a goddess-centric Hindu tradition; relief statues of Matrikas: from left to right Vaishnavi, Varahi, Indrani, Chamunda
A 9th-century Durga Shakti idol, victorious over demon Mahishasura, at the Shiva temple, Prambanan, Indonesia
A sage, Rishi Chyavana, worships Devi, an 18th-century painting from the Tantrik Devi Series, Punjab, India
A modern depiction of the Divine Mother as the supreme divine ultimate reality encompassing all divinities.