The grey sand stone has been carved out in a nice way to portray a vivid image of Mahishasurmardini Durga. The grey colour has some mixture of greenish giving the statue an imposing posture. As Durga, the Goddess is “beyond reach” or “inaccessible.” She is Devi Mahishasuramardini (Goddess Killer of the Buffalo Demon) who appears to her devotees as both Saumya (gentle and mild) and ghora (frightful and terrible). According to Skanda Purana, Durga is none other than Parvati, who takes on the role of warrior at Siva’s request to kill a giant demon, who couldn’t be killed by any of the gods because he was protected against the torments of any male by a special boon. Thus Parvati alone is able to kill him, and in doing so, the goddess is named Durga. The demon then takes the form of a buffalo, an apparition that again appears in the famous Devi-Mahatmya tale of the slaying of Mahishasura, the buffalo demon (mahisha means buffalo). The buffalo, the demon and the Goddess all have been given a refined treatment by the sculptor.