29/09/2025
“Maa” has many avatars.
The essence, just one.
It is that time when we are celebrating Mahadevi, Maha Shakti, the mother of all the universe. But Maa, blesses us in more than 9 avatars. She comes in all shapes, sizes, colours but her essence, since the birth of this universe has remained the same. To birth, nurture and protect.
May She be with You and Me.
Slide 2: Mother & children. Mahabalipuram, John Hill, Wikipedia
Slide 3: Woman holding a child, Archives of Ontario, Alvin D. McCurdy
Slide 4: Maharani Chimnabai of Baroda with her daughter Indira Devi ( later Maharani of Cooch Behar) wearing saris
Slide 5: Gaea (1875) Ceiling Painting, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Slide 6: Yashoda and Krishna, Raja Ravi Varma
Slide 7: Madonna Advocata (Hagisoritissa) aus dem 7, Jahrhundert, Wikipedia
Slide 8: Ramakrishna being watched by Kali, Kali Bhakti.com
Slide 9 : Nilüfer Hanimsultan, Her Royal Highness of Hyderabad, Princess of the Ottoman Empire.
Slide 10: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, frame from Mother India, image from Wikipedia
Slide 11: Photograph of an India Lady with a girl and boy. oldindianphotos.in, eBay.
Slide 12: Her Imperial & Exalted Highness Princess Durru Shehvar with Her son Prince Mukarram Jah Bahadur, sisasat.com
Slide 13: A painting of Hindu goddess Mahadevi from Rajasthan, Bikaner. Circa 1725, Ink, opaque watercolour and silver on paper, Metropolitan Museum of Art
