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'''Hudur Durga''' is the deity of the Kherwal [[Santal]] people, who is called [[Mahishasura]] in [[Hinduism]]. Santals consider the Hindu goddess [[Durga]] as a villain and in contrast they worship [[Mahishasura]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Not Durga Puja! It's Mahishasura's martyrdom that these tribals observe |url= https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/oct/08/not-durga-puja-its-mahishasuras-martyrdom-that-these-tribals-observe-2044705.html<br />
|access-date=9 March 2021 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=8 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The word hudur means lightning. And the word Durga means protector. The combined meaning of the word is lightning-hard guard.<ref>{{cite news |title= Descendant of Mahishasur to inaugurate puja at an east Kolkata pandal | url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/descendant-of-mahishasur-to-inaugurate-puja-at-an-east-kolkata-pandal/articleshow/54654058.cms |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=[[The Times Of India]] |date=3 October 2016 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Legend==<br />
According to the Kherwal Santal and Asura tribe of [[Jharkhand]], [[India]], Hudur Durga was their millennial ancestor, the king of a village called Chaichampa. He was a very powerful and powerful king. The [[Aryan]]s could not defeat him after coming to India. Then they began to think of ways to kill the king in various ways. They found out that the king was very feminine and that women were highly regarded in their society. So the Aryans sent a beautiful woman of fair complexion as a spy to assassinate the king, in some cases, the woman was involved in prostitution. The Aryans proposed marriage to the king, and the king, impressed by the woman's appearance, agreed to marry her. The king spent the nights with the woman for seven days after the marriage, and on the seventh day the woman killed the king. Upon hearing the news of the king's death, the Aryans invaded the kingdom to seize the kingdom, and the men of the kingdom, on the advice of their guru, bathed in the river [[Saraswati]], disguised as women, and fled the kingdom to perform the dasai dance. The Santals claim that the Aryans exaggerated the woman as Goddess Durga and the king as Mahishasura in their scriptures as the woman of the incident, and further claim that the name of their king Hudur Durga was incorrectly mentioned as the name of the woman. During Durga Puja, they do not worship Durga but worship Mahishasura and mourn the women by dancing Dasai on the way.<ref>{{cite news |title=Myth against myth<br />
| url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2019/10/02/myth-against-myth |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |date=2 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= For The Asurs of Bengal, Durga Puja Is The Time To Celebrate The 'Demon God' Durga Slayed| url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/For-The-Asurs-of-Bengal-Durga-Puja-Is-The-Time-To-Celebrate-The-Demon-God-Durga-Slayed/ |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=[[ScoopWhoop]] |date=7 October 2016 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Santhal]]<br />
[[Category:Criticism of Hinduism]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu deities]]<br />
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