Thus, the immensely popular goddess Durga was a pre-Vedic goddess who was later fused with Parvati, a process that can be traced through texts such as Kalika Purana ( 10th century ), Durgabhaktitarangini ( Vidyapati 15th century ), Chandimangal ( 16th century ) etc.

The Kalika Purana was composed in Northeast India in the 11th century.

Arunachal finds mention in the literature of Kalika Purana and Mahabharata.

According to Vayu Purana ( II. 36. 107 ), the Gandharas were destroyed by Pramiti, aka Kalika, at the end of Kaliyuga.

The Kalika Purana depicts Jagannath as a Tantric deity.

She is the power which drives the Universe Kalika Purana.

The Kalika Purana, an ancient work in Sanskrit describes Kamakhya as the yielder of all desires, the young bride of Shiva, and the giver of salvation. Shakti is known as Kamakhya.

It was much later in the later Brahaminical period Kalika Purana that most tantric goddess

According to the Kalika Purana, Kamakhya Temple denotes the spot where Sati used to retire in secret to satisfy her amour with Shiva, and it was also the place where her yoni fell after Shiva danced with the corpse of Sati.

The Yogini Tantra, a latter work, ignores the origin of Kamakhya given in Kalika Purana and associates Kamakhya with the goddess Kali and emphasizes the creative symbolism of the yoni.

Kamakhya is mentioned in the Kalika Purana as the most important goddess of Tantric worship, and is referred to in the text as Mahamaya, the " great goddess of illusion ", who takes on many forms depending on her mood.

She is identified with Kali in the Kalika Purana, Yoginitantra and Kamakhya Tantra, each of which echoes this verse:

According to Vayu Purana ( II. 36. 107 ), the Gandharas were destroyed by Pramiti ( aka Kalika ) at the end of Kaliyuga.

Some of the great religious texts like the Shiva Purana, the Devi Bhagavata, the Kalika Purana and the AstaShakti recognize four major Shakti Peethas ( centers ), like Bimala ( Pada Khanda ) ( inside the Jagannath temple of Puri, Orissa ), Tara Tarini ( Sthana Khanda, Purnagiri, Breasts ) ( Near Berhampur, Orissa ), Kamakhya ( Yoni khanda ) ( Near Guwahati, Assam ) and Dakhina Kalika ( Mukha khanda ) ( Kolkata, West Bengal ) originated from the limbs of the Corpse of Mata Sati in the Satya Yuga.

The Astashakti and Kalika Purana says ( in Sanskrit ):

The Kalika Purana (, ) ( ca.

Kalika Purana which mentions Shiva as Sharabha subduing Varaha-the boar form of Vishnu-describes Sharabha as black in colour, with four feet downwards and four feet uplifted, with an enormous body.

In the Kalika Purana, Varaha-Vishnu ’ s boar avatar-had amorous dalliance with the earth goddess.

* Kalika Purana refers to a war between King Kalika and states that the Khasas and the Kambojas, Shakas, the Barbaras had militarily supported king Kali against Vedic Kalika.

A one year-old girl is called Sandhya, a two year-old girl is called Sarasvati, a child of three years of age is called Tridhamurti, on her fourth year she is Kalika, on fifth she is Subhaga, on sixth she is Uma, on her seventh year she is called Malini.

Tara, for example, is called Kalika, Ugra-kali, Mahakali, and Bhadra-kali.

Khare added " Three other small temples are here one is Sheeatla Mata, Kalika Mata and Zari Mari Mata.

Nattuva Mala is of two types — the Puja dance performed on the Balipitha in the temple and the Kalika dance performed in a Kalyana Mandapam.

Natya Mala is of three kinds — ritual dance for gods, Kalika dance for intellectuals and Bhagavatam for common place.

He has another form which is a more potent and fiery form, that of Agni Vetal who is the sevak of none other than Kalika.

Several icons were said to have been painted or commissioned by Archbishop Vasilii Kalika ( 1330 – 1352 ) and Archbishop Iona ( 1458 – 1470 ) and Archbishop Makarii ( 1526 – 1542 ) ( he went on to become Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus ') is said to have painted the icons in the small iconostasis in the Chapel of the Nativity of the Mother of God ( the iconostasis originally stood in the Chapel of Sts.

The eastern border is given by the temple of the goddess Tamreshvari ( Pūrvāte Kāmarūpasya devī Dikkaravasini in Kalika Purana ) near present-day Sadiya in the eastern most corner of Assam.

The fortress was rebuilt in stone in 1352 by Archbishop Vasilii Kalika of Novgorod ( 1330 – 1352 ), who, according to the Novgorod First Chronicle, was sent by the Novgorodians after several Russian and Lithuanian princes ignored the city's pleas to help them rebuild and defend the fort.

These include the seven temples of seven sisters, the Singhavahini temple and the Kalika Devi temple.

Some scholars argue that Archbishop of Novgorod Vasilii Kalika ( 1330 – 1352 ) ignored the heresy, but that his successors, Moisei ( 1325 – 1330 ; 1352 – 1359 ), and Aleksei ( 1359 – 1388 ) took firm measures against the heretics.

The hill has a temple of deity Devi Chamunda tulja bhavani and Kalika Mata.

The post higher secondary level educational institutions in Pokhara include Prithivi Narayan Campus, Pokhara University, Gandaki College of Engineering and Science, Pokhara Engineering College, IOE Western Region Campus, Pokhara University, Institute of Forestry-Pokhara Campus, Pokhara Nursing Campus affiliated to the Tribhuvan University and Manipal College of Medical Science affiliated to Kathmandu University, Kalika Campus, JMC ( Janapriya Multiple Campus ), Gandaki College of Medical Sciences, Gandaki College of Engineering & Sciences, etc.

The deities like Lord Jagannath, Maa Dhakineswar Kalika, Samudra, etc.

Pavagarh hosts a temple of Kalika mata, whose holy shrine attracts about two million pilgrims per annum.

In the Hindu scripture Bhavishyottar Purana, the god Shiva tells his wife Parvati how Valmiki, who got a boon from Hanuman to sing the glory of Rama in vernacular language, will incarnate in future in the Kali Yuga ( the present and last Yuga or epoch within a cycle of four Yugas ).

Skanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text, is the largest Purana and is devoted mainly to the life and deed of Skanda ( also called Subramani, Karthik or Muruga ), a son of Shiva and Parvati.

Kurma Purana describes the preceding battle between the Purusha and demonic forces in which he escapes a powerful weapon called Pashupata and it describes how Prahlada's brothers headed by Anuhrada and thousands of other demons " were led to the valley of death ( yamalayam ) by the lion produced from the body of man-lion " avatara.

Vayu Purana extolls his virtues "" Having worshipped a portion of the divine being called Dattatreya, sprung from the race of Atri, he sought and obtained these boons, viz., a thousand arms and a golden chariot that went wheresoever he willed it to go ; the power of restraining wrong by justice ; the conquest of the earth and the disposition to rule it righteously ; invincibility by enemies, and death at the hands of a man who was more powerful than himself.

Radha ( Devanagari: र ा ध ा, IAST: Rādhā ), also called Radhika, Radharani and Radhikarani, is the childhood friend and lover of Krishna in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, and the Gita Govinda of the Vaisnava traditions of Hinduism.

In the story of Krishna, as told in the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana, he spends much of his childhood in the company of young cow-herd girls, called Gopis in the village of Vrindavan.

According to Matysa Purana, they are said to narrate five subjects, called Pancha Lakshana ( Sanskrit :) (" five distinguishing marks ", though some scholars have suggested that these are shared by other traditional religious scriptures ):

The Brahma Vaivarta Purana narrates that the celestial cow – called Kapila here – produces various weapons and an army to aid Jamadagni defeat the king's army, who had come to seize her.

* Shankaranarayana located about east of Kundapur, is traditionally called Krodha Kshetra and is one of seven places of pilgrimage in the region mentioned in the Skanda Purana.

While the Harivamsa Purana called him a Kaashyapa Gotriya Brahmin.

According to the Swayambhu Purana, Manjusri then established a city called Manjupattan ( Sanskrit " Land Established by Manjusri "), now called Manjipā, and made Dharmākara its king.

Swami Akhandananda Saraswati ( called " Maharajshri " by his followers ) ( 1911 – 1987 ) was an exponent of Bhagavata Purana and a scholar of diverse spiritual traditions including Vedanta, Bhakti, and associated Shastras ( scriptures ).

His grave, called Bagh-e-Bedil ( Garden of Bedil ) is situated across Purana Qila, at Mathura Road in Delhi.

According to Skanda Purana, a rishi called " Ne " or " Nemuni " used to live in Himalaya.

The Skanda Purana has a chapter called Srisaila Kandam dedicated to it, which points to the ancient origin.

While Yuga Purana section of the Gargi Samhita mentions him as quarrelsome, unrighteous ruler, he is also called as being of ' Righteous words ' but ' unrighteous conduct ' due to his patronage of Jainism.

The original village is part of the main town ( khoraka ) and called " Ward # 1 " or Purana Sohawa ( literally " old Sohawa ")

According to the Shiva Purana, Kumbhakarna had another son called Bheema who fled to Dakini-on the ranges of the Sahyadri mountains with his mother Karkati.

Matsya Purana wants to make us believe that the Rishikas were so called since they had descended from the Rishis or wisemen or learned parentage.

In the Hindu collection of stories called Bhagavata Purana, all the visible stars and planets moving through space are likened to a dolphin that swims through the water, and the heavens is called śiśumãra cakra, the dolphin disc.

Therefore You are called unlimited ( Bhagavata Purana 6. 16. 37 )