Bhala uhlu lwezikhali zikaNkulunkulukazi uDurga ngendlela ehlukaniswe ngamakhoma.
Context:UDurga ungunkulunkulukazi oyiqhawe, futhi uboniswa ukuze abonise amakhono akhe empi. Izithombe zakhe zivame ukuhambisana nalezi zici, lapho egibele khona ibhubesi noma ihlosi, enezandla eziphakathi kweziyisishiyagalombili neshumi nesishiyagalombili, ngasinye siphethe isikhali sokubhubhisa nokwakha. Uvame ukuboniswa phakathi nempi yakhe noMahishasura, idemoni lenkunzi, ngesikhathi ebulala ngokunqoba amandla amademoni. Isithombe sakhe sibonisa yena esebenza, kodwa ubuso bakhe buthule futhi bunokuthula. Ezobuciko bamaHindu, lesi sici sokuthula sobuso bukaDurga ngokwesiko sitholakala enkolelweni yokuthi uvikela futhi unobudlova hhayi ngenxa yenzondo yakhe, ukuzazisa noma ukuthola injabulo ebudloveni, kodwa ngoba wenza ngenxa yesidingo, ngenxa yothando lokuhle, ukuze akhulule labo abaxhomeke kuye, futhi kuwuphawu lokuqala kohambo lomphefumulo lokuya enkululekweni yokudala.  Ngokwesiko uDurga uphethe izikhali zonkulunkulu besilisa abahlukahlukene bezinganekwane zamaHindu, abamnikeza zona ukuze alwe nemimoya emibi ngoba benomuzwa wokuthi unguShakti (amandla, amandla). Lezi zihlanganisa i - chakra, igobolondo, umnsalo, umcibisholo, inkemba, umkhonto, i - trishula, isihlangu, nesicupho. Lezi zikhali zibhekwa njengezifanekisela amaShakta amaHindu, amelela ukuzithiba, ukukhonza abanye ngokungenabugovu, ukuzihlola, ukuthandaza, ukuzinikela, ukukhumbula imishwana yakhe, ukujabula nokuzindla. UDurga uqobo ubhekwa'njengoMuntu' ongaphakathi nonina waphezulu wayo yonke indalo. Uye wahlonishwa amaqhawe, ebusisa izikhali zawo ezintsha. Izithombe zikaDurga ziye zaba nezimo eziguquguqukayo emasikweni amaHindu, lapho ngokwesibonelo ezinye izihlakaniphi zibeka ipeni noma ezinye izinto zokubhala esandleni sakhe njengoba zibheka i-stylus yazo njengesikhali sazo.
I-chakra, i-conch, umnsalo, umcibisholo, inkemba, umkhonto, i-trishula, isihlangu, indophi