Why Parvati turned moon-white: Mahagauri and the lake of the mind

“Kali.” Shiva said it teasingly, but the remark hurt Parvati deeply. She had just taken the fierce form of Kaalratri, and her body had darkened with that intensity. One teasing…

Skandamata on Sharad Navratri’s Panchami: The mother who raised the warrior who ended Tarakasura

Tarakasura asked for a death that, as far as he could tell, could never come. After performing intense tapasya (austerity) to please Lord Brahma, he was denied outright immortality, so…