text: In Shaktism traditions, the concept appears in its legends as the various manifestations of Devi, the divine-mother principle in Hinduism. The avatars of Devi or Parvati include Durga and Kali, who are particularly revered in the eastern states of India, as well as Tantra traditions. Twenty-one avatars of Shiva are also described in Shaivism texts, but unlike Vaishnava traditions, Shaiva traditions focus directly on Shiva rather than the avatar concept.
  Major regional and pan-Indian Hindu deities
  Hindu denominations
  Hindu iconography
  Hindu mythology
  Puranas
  List of Hindu deities
  Rigvedic deities
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