Editing Chanda and Munda

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[[File:Kali Fights Demons Chanda and Munda - c. 1825-35.png|thumb|upright 1.3|A [[Pahari painting|Pahari]] depiction of [[Kali]] fighting Chanda and Munda: ''Kali Fights Demons Chanda and Munda''; {{circa|1825–35}}, gouache on paper, 17 × 24&nbsp;cm, [[Rijksmuseum]].]]
In Hinduism, in the [[Devi Mahatmya]], '''Chanda''' and '''Munda''' are [[asura]]s (demons) in the service of demons [[Shumbha and Nishumbha]]. One day, they set their eyes upon [[Parvati]] and were overwhelmed by her beauty. They carried reports of this goddess to Shumbha. Shumbha desired to marry her. After the death of his lieutenant [[Dhumralochana]] at the hands of Devi, Shumbha sent Chanda and Munda to fight her, with orders to bring her to him by force. After Chanda and Munda approached the Devi, she turned black and [[Kali]] sprung from her forehead and killed them.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharji |first=Sukumari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0j0hRgWsg8C&dq=chanda+munda&pg=PP15 |title=Legends of Devi |date=1995 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-0781-4 |language=en}}</ref> Then, since she had slain Chanda and Munda, the Devi gave the name "[[Chamunda]]" to Kali.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aijazuddin |first=FS |date=2014 |title=Devi-Yatras Here & There |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/ec9e4b081372a8d96bbdae50bfaca0c0/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=646551 |journal=Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=113–115}}</ref> Afterwards, the demon [[Raktabīja]] was sent by the demons, but was also slain by Goddess [[Kali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vol. 17, 1860 of The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland on JSTOR |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/i25581220 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=jstor.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Goswami |first1=Meghali |last2=Gupta |first2=Ila |last3=Jha |first3=P |date=2005 |title=Sapta matrikas in Indian art and their significance in Indian sculpture and ethos: A critical study |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242217256 |journal=Anistoriton |volume=9 |issue=A051}}</ref>

According to [[Skanda Purana]] Purana, Chanda and Munda also worshipped [[Surya]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=wisdomlib.org |date=2020-10-19 |title=The Greatness of Caṇḍāditya Tīrtha [Chapter 91] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc425820.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Rambha (asura)]]
* [[Raktabīja]]
* [[Shumbha and Nishumbha]]
* [[Mahishasura]]
* [[Dhumralochana]]
* [[Sugriva (asura)]]

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