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DescriptionDurga Mahisasuramardini.JPG
English: Goddess Durga, fighting Mahishasura, the buffalo-demon (Hindu Mythology)
. In the clouds the Devas, celestial beings watching the event, are seen. The story is written in the Devi Mahatmya and Devi Bhagavata and is the background of the Durgapuja, the annual Hindu festival in autumn.
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18th-century painting of Hindu goddess Durga slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura