Brahma, as the God of creation, does not carry any weapons ... Himavan offered Durga a vahana, the lion. With her ten arms equipped with the power offered by different gods, Durga, who was ...

Neither man nor god can defeat him, so the gods combine their celestial power to create Durga, the Shining One. She appears riding a lion and carrying a fearsome weapon in each of her many arms.

On this day the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped and the celebration is known as ‘Astra Puja’. This day is also popularly referred as ‘Virashtami’ owing to the display of arms and other forms of ...