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This book of essays discusses the many facets of the
Goddess Durga’s images and worship on the Indian
subcontinent. The nine authors (in keeping with
Navaratri) belong to both the East and West, and to
four religions: Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, and Christian.
The ten essays like the ten arms (dasabhuja) of the great
goddess in her Bengali manifestation cannot possibly be
all‐encompassing but cover the physical geography of
the subcontinent by including discussions of her
presence and prevalence in Nepal and Kashmir, in
Baluchistan, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and of course, in
West Bengal, especially Kolkata, where her autumn
festival is celebrated annually with remarkable
flamboyance and exuberance, in private as well as
public.
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