Gosani images are coloured by primary colours and built in typical Odishan style. In most cases, the Mahisa-asura in Gosani images is depicted in theriomorphic (head is of a buffalo while the body is of a human being). In many Gosani images only sons accompany the mother to battle. In Gosanis, the maternal form of Goddess Durga is downplayed and so she is not usually linked to her children Ganesha, Kartikeya, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Some of the Gosanis are eight-handed unlike the common image of Goddess Durga which has ten hands. The eyes of the Gosani and the buffalo demon locked in combat. The buffalo demon looks up at her while she looks down at him, pulling his hair with her hands, strangulating him with a serpent and piercing him with her trident, while kicking him in the chest. Gosanis look earthy, robust and muscular, fierce with their gaze at the buffalo demon-Mahisha-asura. The peculiarity here is huge clay idols of Mahisha-asura-mardini-Goddess Durga as the killer of the buffalo-demon are worshipped as Gosanis every year in the month of Asvina (October). This Jatra is unique to Puri and is an indigenous cultural trait of the holy city, not found elsewhere. Unlike other places, ‘Durga Puja’ one of the important colourful festivals of the Shakti pantheon is observed here as the ‘Gosani Jatra’. Though there is no denial of it being a strong seat of Vaisnavism, it is the melting pot of several other cults like Saiva, Sakti, Ganapatya and Saura to form the cosmopolitan Jagannatha cult. If you need any more information feel free to reach out and ask questions.Bhubaneswar: Puri, the abode of Lord Jagannatha, otherwise known as the ‘Sri Kshetra’ or ‘Purushottama Kshetra’ is a place of several rituals, colourful jatras (festivals) and living traditions. To know more about the Edit-a-thon, check out this link. We wish you would also join in to make this movement a success. For the whole month from July 6 th to August 4 th, many article will be created or updated related to Jagannath Culture in Odia Wiki. This year also Ratha Jatra Edit-a-thon has started. You would be happy to know that during the edit-a-thon last year around 140 articles were created / updated which were very important for Odia Wiki too. This is the second time Odia Wikipedia is planning an Edit-a-thon after our successful hosting first one during Nabakalebara last year. To make this occasion more memorable Odia Wiki has planned a Editathon for Ratha Jatra. This July again Jagannath Culture was celebrated all across the world for Ratha Jatra. Greetings, wishing you all happiness and prosperity this Ratha Jatra.

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