1. "Mother"
1.1. Bharat Mata
1.1.1. Mother India
1.2. Bhu Devi
1.2.1. Mother Earth
1.3. Ganga Ma
1.3.1. Mother Ganges
1.3.2. Sacred Ganges River
1.3.3. Shiva's consort
2. Sarasvati
2.1. Knowledge
2.2. Brahma's wife
2.3. Speech, Learning, Wisdom, Art
2.4. Four hands
2.5. Wears white
2.6. "Muse"
3. Shakti
3.1. Female aspect of divine
3.2. Active power
3.3. Adi-Shakti
3.3.1. Ultimate feminine power
3.4. Shaktism
3.4.1. female emphasis
3.4.2. Bengal region
3.4.3. Ceremony
4. Diwali
4.1. Festival of lights
4.2. 18 days
4.3. 2 days before- Lakshmi
4.3.1. Prosperity
4.3.2. Fruitfulness
4.3.3. Peace
4.4. Day before- Kali
4.4.1. Mental strength
4.4.2. Spiritual strength
4.5. Day of- Sarasvati
4.5.1. Knowledge
4.5.2. Enlightenment
5. Navratri
5.1. Thank major Hindu goddesses
5.2. "nine nights"
5.2.1. Durga- 1st three
5.2.1.1. cleanse impurities
5.2.2. Lakshmi- 2nd three
5.2.2.1. material happiness
5.2.3. Sarasvati- 3rd three
5.2.3.1. success
6. Other goddesses
6.1. Annapurna
6.1.1. Food
6.2. Maya
6.2.1. Illusion
6.3. Bhuvaneshwari
6.3.1. Bhuvan
6.4. Matangi
6.4.1. Dark One
6.5. Dhumavati
6.5.1. Eternal widow
7. Bibliography
8. Durga
8.1. Warrior
8.2. Shiva's consort
9. Kali
9.1. Destruction of evil
9.2. Dark skinned
9.3. Eight hands
9.3.1. Weapons
9.3.2. Gestures of comfort
9.4. Frightening images
9.4.1. Depicted atop a demon's corpse
9.5. Shiva's consort
9.6. Waning Moon
10. Parvati
10.1. Shiva's wife
10.2. Eight arms
10.3. Divine Wife and Mother
10.3.1. Happy family life
11. Lakshmi
11.1. Beauty, Prosperity, Fortune
11.2. Visnu's wife
11.3. Four hands
11.3.1. "one always extended in blessing"
11.3.2. Lotuses
11.3.2.1. Spiritual gifts
11.3.2.2. Beauty, purity, and fertility
11.3.3. Gold
11.3.3.1. Material wealth
11.4. Sri Sampradaya
11.4.1. Branch of Vaishnavaism
11.4.2. Self-surrender