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In Hinduism, the female attribute of purusha (the Cosmic Self), as light and heat are the shakti of the Sun. Those who worship the goddess Durga or Parvati, consort of Shiva, are called Shaktas. The material world, being made up of shakti, is the realm of the goddess Durga, who is the personification of the shakti of Shiva.



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