LIVE Dance Preformance by Hema Mailini - Parvati gets married to Lord Shiva, Maa Durga slays Asura!

This video was taken by me on my DSLR during one of the dance recital LIVE event, presented by Hema Malini. Her style, grace and her passion towards her creativity, comes out clearly in this edited clip. Here she depicts herself as Parvati, gets married to Shiva. Takes the form of Durga to banish the Asuras and finally the incarnation of Kali - the feminine energy! Since the video was shot from a distance, could not take closeup shots of the artists. Hope you would like this presentation and share with your groups. Subscribe to my channel for many more interesting and edutainment videos! Hema Malini (born 16 October 1948) is an Indian film actress, writer, director, producer, dancer and is considered one of the most successful actresses of her time in Hindi cinema history. In 1963, she made her acting debut in the Tamil film Idhu Sathiyam. Malini first acted in a main role in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), and went on to feature in numerous Bollywood films, primarily as the lead actress. In most of her films, she starred opposite her husband Dharmendra and with Rajesh Khanna and Dev Anand. Malini was initially promoted as the “Dream Girl“, and in 1977 starred in a film of the same name. She has played both comic and dramatic roles, as well as being a dancer. She was one of the highest paid Indian actresses from 1976 to 1980. During her career, she received eleven nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, winning the award in 1973. In 2000, Malini won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and also the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. In 2012, the Sir Padampat Singhania University conferred an Honorary Doctorate on Malini in recognition of her contribution to Indian cinema. Malini served as chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation. In 2006, Malini received the Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts (SaMaPa) Vitasta award from Bhajan Sopori in Delhi for her contribution and service to Indian culture and dance. In 2013, she received the NTR National Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for her contribution to Indian cinema. In Hinduism, Durga (Sanskrit: दुर्गा, Durgā, meaning “the inaccessible“ or “the invincible“; Bengali: দুর্গা, durga) or Maa Durga (Bengali: মা দুর্গা, mā durgā, meaning “Mother Durga“) “one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress“ is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having ten arms, riding a lion or a tiger, carrying weapons and a lotus flower, maintaining a meditative smile, and practicing mudras, or symbolic hand gestures. The name is made of Sanskrit dus- = “with difficulty“ and similar (compare Greek δυσ- (dys-)) and gā (“come“, “go“)), with the usual sandhi of -s before a voiced consonant. An embodiment of creative feminine force (Shakti), Durga exists in a state of svātantrya (independence from the universe and anything/anybody else, i.e., self-sufficiency) and fierce compassion. Kali is considered by Hindus to be an aspect of Durga. She is thus considered the fiercer, demon-fighting form of Shiva’s wife, goddess Parvati. Durga manifests fearlessness and patience, and never loses her sense of humor, even during spiritual battles of epic proportion. Durga is a wrathful form of Parvati (consort of Shiva). She is represented with many arms with a weapon in each hand, shown sitting astride her mount, the lion, holding celestial weapons. Though popularly She is depicted with ten hands, but other of her popular forms present her with four, six, eight, sixteen, eighteen, and even, a thousand hands. Her face always remains calm and gentle. As Durga, the Goddess is ’’beyond reach’’ or ’’inaccessible’’. She is Devi Mahishasuramardini (Goddess Killer of the Buffalo Demon) who appears to her devotees as both saumya (gentle and mild) and ghora (frightful and terrible). According to Skanda Purana, she is none other than Parvati who takes on the role of warrior at Siva’ request to kill a giant demon. The demon cannot be killed by any of the gods because he is protected against the torments of any male by a special boon. Thus Parvati alone is able to kill him, and in doing so, the goddess is named Durga. The demon then takes the form of a buffalo, an apparition that again appears in the famous Devi-Mahatmya tale of the slaying of Mahishasura, the buffalo demon (mahisha means buffalo). #HemaMalini, #hema, #malini, #hemamalini, #kathak, #dance, #performance, #parvati, #shiva, #durga, #kali Check my other social media sites and follow. Subscribe to my Youtube channel for more such edutainment videos!