9 Different Forms of Godess Durga
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 30 September 2011, 22:45 IST
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Bangalore: The festival of Durga Puja is celebrated with religious observance in the Indian states. Hindu Goddess Durga is portrayed as having ten arms and believed to have nine different forms. Each form symbolizes a religious significance. On one hand, where we get to see her in the form of a gracious woman, who symbolizes the female dynamism, then on the other hand, she is given a terrifying look of a destroyer that is apt to frighten the demons. Here is the 9 different forms of Godess Durga Shailputri
Shailputri
The first form of Goddess Durga is known as Shailputri or the Daughter of Mountain. As Durga Shailputri, she is worshipped as the daughter of the mountain Himalaya. Shailputri is the absolute form of Mother Nature. She is also known as Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva.

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