One of the most well-known stories from the Devi Mahatmya, a portion of the Markandeya Purana, is about Goddess Durga's epic battle with the buffalo demon Mahishasura. Mahishasura had obtained a ...

Markandeya, Bhavishya, and Vamana, and Tamas (Ignorance and Destruction) for Shiva, Linga, Skanda, Agni, Matsya, Kurma, and ...

Markandeya Karthik first became involved in public speaking when he was in primary school. “I needed to deliver a TED-style talk as part of a school project,” he recalls. “Mine was about ...

Creation of the Universe: The Markandeya Purana says that during the festival of Chaitra Navratri, a divine smile from Maa Kushmanda, one of Durga's nine forms, is said to have caused the world to be.