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An army of demons was gathered, and its king was the Buffalo,the green
skinned demon Mahishasura.
His vast army, with its weapons of iron, and its phalanxes of elephants
and charioteers marched
on the king of gods, Purandara, defeating him. Then, Mahishasura usurped
the throne of heaven.
The victory was complete, and all the gods were driven from heaven. They
went to the three great
gods, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
"We have been dispossessed from heaven, from our home!" they
said, "how can it be that heaven is
filled with malevolent demons. How can such a place even be called
heaven?"
On hearing the gods' petition for assistance, the face of Lord Vishnu
flushed with anger and a
brilliant light flooded forth. Soon, the faces of Lord Shiva and Lord
Brahma burned with the
same dazzling luminescence. The gods watched in wonder as great flames
issued forth in all
directions. The fires illuminated all the three worlds: the heaven, the
earth, and the
nether-world in penetrating light. (source:
www.parallel.park.org/India/Durga)
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