Virgin Mary

[JaiMaaDurga]

Namaste,

This may be interesting to some... being a devotee of Maa Durga, it seemed to me that some images/statues of Mary appeared *rather* close to murtis of Devi... I would guess that, whether consciously or not, perhaps early traveling Christians perceived Maa's potency, and sought to incorporate it within their Abrahamic framework... I certainly am not so ignorant as to believe the influence went in the other direction!

[JaiMaaDurga]

One more Mary picture, which is eerily close to the more usual depiction of Mahishasura Mardini... consider also the "Saint George and the Dragon", where it would seem they simply changed Devi to be male, Her Vahana from lion to horse, the trishul changes to a lance, and Mahishasura changes to a dragon...

JAI MATA DI