The traditions that worship the Goddess, Devi, as the supreme power, through her temples, her tantras, and her festivals.
Shaktism holds that the divine is the Goddess, the power by which all gods act. It is woven through the other traditions as the worship of Durga, Kali, and a thousand local goddesses, and it stands on its own in its tantric texts and its great pilgrimage seats.
Shaktism across the site
Sources
Primary
- The Devi Mahatmyam.
Secondary
- Thomas B. Coburn, Encountering the Goddess (1991).