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Shakti by Mind Map: Shakti

1. "Mother"

1.1. Bharat Mata

1.1.1. Mother India

1.2. Bhu Devi

1.2.1. Mother Earth

1.3. Ganga Ma

1.3.1. Mother Ganges

1.3.2. Sacred Ganges River

1.3.3. Shiva's consort

2. Sarasvati

2.1. Knowledge

2.2. Brahma's wife

2.3. Speech, Learning, Wisdom, Art

2.4. Four hands

2.5. Wears white

2.6. "Muse"

3. Shakti

3.1. Female aspect of divine

3.2. Active power

3.3. Adi-Shakti

3.3.1. Ultimate feminine power

3.4. Shaktism

3.4.1. female emphasis

3.4.2. Bengal region

3.4.3. Ceremony

4. Diwali

4.1. Festival of lights

4.2. 18 days

4.3. 2 days before- Lakshmi

4.3.1. Prosperity

4.3.2. Fruitfulness

4.3.3. Peace

4.4. Day before- Kali

4.4.1. Mental strength

4.4.2. Spiritual strength

4.5. Day of- Sarasvati

4.5.1. Knowledge

4.5.2. Enlightenment

5. Navratri

5.1. Thank major Hindu goddesses

5.2. "nine nights"

5.2.1. Durga- 1st three

5.2.1.1. cleanse impurities

5.2.2. Lakshmi- 2nd three

5.2.2.1. material happiness

5.2.3. Sarasvati- 3rd three

5.2.3.1. success

6. Other goddesses

6.1. Annapurna

6.1.1. Food

6.2. Maya

6.2.1. Illusion

6.3. Bhuvaneshwari

6.3.1. Bhuvan

6.4. Matangi

6.4.1. Dark One

6.5. Dhumavati

6.5.1. Eternal widow

7. Bibliography

8. Durga

8.1. Warrior

8.2. Shiva's consort

9. Kali

9.1. Destruction of evil

9.2. Dark skinned

9.3. Eight hands

9.3.1. Weapons

9.3.2. Gestures of comfort

9.4. Frightening images

9.4.1. Depicted atop a demon's corpse

9.5. Shiva's consort

9.6. Waning Moon

10. Parvati

10.1. Shiva's wife

10.2. Eight arms

10.3. Divine Wife and Mother

10.3.1. Happy family life

11. Lakshmi

11.1. Beauty, Prosperity, Fortune

11.2. Visnu's wife

11.3. Four hands

11.3.1. "one always extended in blessing"

11.3.2. Lotuses

11.3.2.1. Spiritual gifts

11.3.2.2. Beauty, purity, and fertility

11.3.3. Gold

11.3.3.1. Material wealth

11.4. Sri Sampradaya

11.4.1. Branch of Vaishnavaism

11.4.2. Self-surrender

12. Lalita

12.1. Beauty, Love

12.2. Waxing moon

12.3. Desire, Giving

13. Devi

13.1. Divine Mother

13.2. Many forms