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Kundalani Sakti or the spirit behind the mysterious powers of the
male gods. Accordingly, three Saktis or the female spirit of the
famous Hindu trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwar known as
Sarasvati, Laksmi and Gauri or Parvati have naturally enjoyed
greater popularity through the ages. This development is however
nothing but a stage wise elaboration of the motherly cut from the
time immemorial, later gained greater reputation in the Hindu
pantheon primarily in the name of Siva Sakti. Centering around
this goddesses, a new sect had also come to the front with a
sectarian status known as Saktas who vigorously conferred Siva-
Sakti the supreme status with two of her perennial powers ghoras
and saummyas. Under such an overwhelming influence of Siva-
Sakti, the two other Saktis of Hindu trinity retreat to an alien
stand of lesser importance and as a result of that modern day's
scholars now even dear to call them as the minor goddesses.
A) Gauri (Fig. 6.1) :
We have started our discussion with a sculpture
identified as goddess Uma in the site museum. This sculpture,
carved out in a rectangular architrave which is now in a state of
mutiliation where it lost not only all plastic charm of the deity but
also the other sign of this sculptural composition.
Iconographical traits of goddess Uma are categorically
be discussed under a general designation of goddess Gauri. The
most common form of the supreme goddess is being prescribed in
Uttara-Kamikagama as the consort of Siva, with four hands, three
eyes and with the emblems like ankusha, pasa, abhya and varada