Bhoodevi, the earth, was being ravaged by evil asuras. She turned to the gods
for aid but even the powerful trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, were
helpless. Concerned by the events, their consorts, Saraswati, Lakshmi and
Parvati combined their powers and created Vaishnavi, a woman of unsurpassed
strength. Vaishnavi fought and destroyed the asuras but the goddesses asked her
to stay on and not return to heaven. Though Vaishnavi did not realize it, her
story was only just beginning. Amar Chitra Katha tells the story of Vaishnavi's
transformation into the meditating goddess, Vaishno Devi, whose abode in the
Himalayas is visited by millions of pilgrims every