Durga: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified title of Web site: IndiaNetzone - Goddess Durga. May 11, 2026
Added a top questions section. Sep 04, 2025
New media added. Oct 22, 2024
Article revised and updated. Oct 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Hindu deity Durga victorious over the buffalo demon. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - The Goddess Durga: The Mother of the Hindu Universe. Feb 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Iconographic Analysis of Goddess Durga (With Special Reference to Temple-Sculpture of Brahmaputra Valley of Assam) (PDF). Nov 01, 2022
Changed the spelling of “Durga-puja” to “Durga Puja.” Oct 06, 2021
Article revised. Feb 19, 2015
Replaced black-and-white image of a painting of Durga with a colour image of a 9th-century sandstone sculpture of Durga slaying the buffalo demon. Dec 14, 2010
Article thoroughly revised. Oct 19, 2007
Article revised. Apr 28, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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