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Nartiang Durga Temple is a 600-year-old temple located in the West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya in northeastern India.[1]

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  1. 16 relations: Bhairava, Durga, Durga Puja, Hinduism, Jaintia Kingdom, Khasi and Jaintia Hills, Khasi people, Kiren Rijiju, Meghalaya, Sati (Hindu goddess), Shakta pithas, Shakti, Shaktism, Shiva, The Times of India, West Jaintia Hills district.

  2. Hindu temples in Meghalaya
  3. West Jaintia Hills district

Bhairava

Bhairava (भैरव), or Kala Bhairava, is a Shaivite and Vajrayāna deity worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists.

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Durga

Durga (दुर्गा) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.

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Durga Puja

Durga Puja (ISO), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsav, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga, and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Jaintia Kingdom

The Jaintia Kingdom was a kingdom in present-day some parts of Bangladesh's Sylhet Division, India's Meghalaya state and Nagaon, Morigoan district of Assam.

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Khasi and Jaintia Hills

The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are a mountainous region in India that was mainly part of Assam and Meghalaya.

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Khasi people

The Khasi people are an ethnic group of Meghalaya in north-eastern India with a significant population in the bordering state of Assam, and in certain parts of Bangladesh.

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Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian politician serving as 28th Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and 7th Minister of Minority Affairs since 2024.

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Meghalaya

Meghalaya (or, "the abode of clouds") is a state in northeast India.

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Sati (Hindu goddess)

Sati (सती), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti.

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Shakta pithas

The Shakti Pithas, Shaakta Pithas or Sati Pithas (शाक्त पीठ,, seats of Shakti) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the goddess-centric denomination in Hinduism.

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Shakti

Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; 'energy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capability') in Hinduism, is the "Universal Power" that underlies and sustains all existence.

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Shaktism

Shaktism (translit-std) is a major Hindu denomination in which the godhead or metaphysical reality is considered metaphorically to be a woman.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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West Jaintia Hills district

West Jaintia Hills (Pron: ˈʤeɪnˌtɪə) is an administrative District in the state of Meghalaya in India.

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See also

Hindu temples in Meghalaya

  • Nartiang Durga Temple

West Jaintia Hills district

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nartiang_Durga_Temple