Durgai Amman is a Sanskrit word which means Fort, a metaphor for security or protection. The Great Universal mother Goddess Durgai Amman is the feminine aspect of Lord Siva. She is the power, the force by which God creates preserves and destroys. Mother Durgai Amman is worshipped in numerous physical forms. She is the benevolent Looking mother to devotees, but can take the virulent form of Mother Kali to protect them from wicked forces. The weapons in her hands are for fighting against eight evils - hate, greed, passion, vanity, contempt of others, envy, jealousy and illusion with which one binds one self. Navarathiri is the famous festival for Durga in Purattasi (September – October)