Shantadurga (Devanagari:शांतादुर्गा, ) is the most popular form of the Hindu goddess Durga revered in Goa, India, as well some parts of Karnataka. She is a form of the ancient Mother goddess known as Santeri. She is worshipped in almost all villages of Goa & Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra as an ant hill. This is seen in some temples dedicated to Shantadurga.
Shantadurga (Devanagari:शांतादुर्गा, ) is the most popular form of the Hindu goddess Durga revered in Goa, India, as well some parts of Karnataka. She is a form of the ancient Mother goddess known as Santeri. She is worshipped in almost all villages of Goa & Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra as an ant hill. This is seen in some temples dedicated to Shantadurga.
==Origins== The second chapter of the Sanskrit ', ', is a part of Sahyādrikhaṇḍa which is the chapter of Skanda Purana gives detail about this. Only the title of the chapter mentions the goddess Shantadurga and no where else is this epithet of the goddess mentioned. This section refers to a certain sage , a resident of Nagavya (modern Nagoa). The goddess appeared before Shantamuni and hence she's known as Shantadurga. Durga is portrayed in her ferocious nature in many of the places,yet the adjective Shanta (peaceful) is found in almost all Namavalis of Durga.In verses 16,19,34 of Sahyadrikhanda, the goddess is called (Shanta-devi). The verse 18 of this section mentions about the disappearance of the goddess into an ant hill. These ant hills symbolically represent goddess Shantadurga as well as goddess Santeri.
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