The Mahishasura Mardini Stotra is a Hindu stotra. Comprising 21 verses, the work extols the goddess Durga, a principal aspect of the supreme goddess Mahadevi, and her act of slaying the asura Mahishas
Painting of Durga slaying Mahishasura, Anant Shivaji Desai, Ravi Varma Press
Raktabīja is an asura in Hinduism. According to the Puranas, he fought with Shumbha and Nishumbha against the goddesses Kali and Chandi, both forms of Durga. Raktabīja secured from Shiva a boon accord
Durga attacks Raktabīja and Kali drinks his spilt blood.