Advocate and columnist Sanjoy Ghose speaks about the cult of Devi Ma- the mother goddess, her forms and iconography in the context of the Navratri, a time of the year dedicated to the many manifestations or swaroopas of the Devi.

The belief in divine feminine, variously known as Devi, Durga, Shakti, Uma, Parvati among other names is replete with entwined mythological stories from ancient texts.

Sanjoy Ghose helps understand the Goddess and why she holds such an important place in South Asia's popular religio-cultural traditions, especially in Bengal

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