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Bala Tripura Sundari
Tripura Sundari is often represented as a girl of sixteen years age. As such she is called "sixteen" (shodashi) or "the young girl" (Bala). At this stage of a woman's life, the delight aspect of her existence is most pronounced. Her nature is to play, to seek new experiences, and to charm others to her. Her innocence attracts all to her that is true and good. As a young girl Sundari guides the young aspirant on the path, representing the innocence of initial aspiration that we should preserve throughout our entire journeying into the infinite. Tripura Sundari or Lalita is a Sanatan Dharma Hindu goddess and one of the ten Mahavidyas or Shivasakthi. She is the Shakti/consort of SadaShiva, the Prakriti to his Purusha. Lalita manifests as Goddess Sati, Goddess Parvati, GoddessDurga, Goddess Mahakali and all their incarnations, as showcased in Shakta literature. Lalita Tripura Sundari Devi is considered to be the most potent incarnation of Adi Parashakti or simply Her saguna Roopa. She along with SadaShiva is responsible for the Pancha-Krityas - Srishti or creation, Sthithi or protection, Samhara or destruction, Thirodhana or concealment of the world in Maya and Anugraha or final liberation. She is best known as the Devi glorified in the Lalita Sahasranama and as the subject of the Lalitopakhyanam (story of the goddess Lalita) in Hinduism ..Sivkishen Ji