DURGA

(dur’gé), a Hindu divinity, one of the names given to the consort of Siva. She is generally represented with ten arms. In one hand she holds a spear, with which she is piercing Mahisha, the chief of the demons, the killing of whom was ancient castle—now appropriated to the uses of the university—the cathedral and other churches, the town ball, county prison, and grammar school. The educational institutions comprise the university, opened in 1333, the grammar school, a training school for schoolmistre es, and other schools. There are manufactures of carpeting and mustard. The Cathedral occupies_a height overlooking the Wear. The larger portion of it is Norman in style, with insertions in all the English styles. Three magnificent and elaborately ornamental towers spring up from the body of Durham Catedral her most famous exploit; in another a sword; in a third the hair of the demon chief; and in others, the trident, discus, axe, club, and shield. A great festival in her honour, the Durga puja, is celebrated annually, lasting for ten days.