Durga
Fierce warrior goddess and protector of dharma. Form of Parvati who slayed the buffalo demon Mahishasura. Depicted riding a lion or tiger with multiple arms wielding divine weapons.
Divine domains
Hindu Goddesses
8 goddesses of the Hindu Pantheon in the atlas, with the domains each entry lists, most prominent first.
Ganga
The sacred river Ganges as a goddess, who descended from heaven to purify the ashes of King Sagara's sons and was caught in Shiva's matted hair to break the force of her fall. Bathing in her waters and immersing ashes in them are among the most important acts of Hindu devotion.
Lakshmi
Goddess of wealth, fortune, prosperity, and beauty. Consort of Vishnu, she incarnates alongside him in his avatars. She represents both material and spiritual prosperity.
Parvati
Goddess of power, fertility, love, and devotion. Consort of Shiva and mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya. Represents Shakti, the divine feminine creative power.
Saraswati
Goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom, and learning. Consort of Brahma. She invented Sanskrit and the Devanagari script. Patron of students, artists, and scholars.
Sita
Wife of Rama and central heroine of the Ramayana. Found by King Janaka in a ploughed furrow, Sita is abducted by the demon king Ravana, endures captivity with unwavering fidelity, and is later identified in Puranic tradition as an avatar of the goddess Lakshmi.
Kali
Fierce goddess of time, change, death, and ultimate reality. A form of Parvati/Durga. Despite her terrifying appearance, she destroys evil and liberates devotees from ego and illusion.
Usha
The Vedic goddess of dawn, praised in some twenty hymns of the Rigveda as a radiant young woman who drives away darkness, wakes every living creature, and returns each morning ever young while the generations of mortals pass away.
Built from each deity's catalog entry, using its recorded gender. Back to the Hindu Pantheon, or browse every deity.