I thank Professor Paturi for the information.  Aṣṭabhujā is Durgaa with eight hands. There are quite a few temples of this deity. One is situated at Vindhyachal on the left bank of the Ganges in Mirzapur near Varanasi

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi@gmail.com> wrote:
Prof. Bhattacharya,
 
There are eight hands. four on each side.
 
-N

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Nagaraj Paturi
 
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
 
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
 
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
 
(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
 
 
 

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