"In 1639, Kantirava Narasimharaja made the transition from local hill goddess to Puranic deity by referring to the protector Godess of the Mysore kingdom as both Chamundi and as the slayer of the buffalo demon (Mahishasuramardhini), clearly associating Mysore and the myth of Durga slaying the bufflow-demon Mahishasura. As such he also explicitly reconfigured his realm with the Puranic landscape. The hill was no longer just important to the inhabitants of Mysore, but it acquired pan-Indian significance, and its influence reached farther. It is at this point that the goddess of the hill was clearly associated with Chamunda and Durga and with the Puranic narrative of Mahadevi, signaling a period of greater imperial aspirations."
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In: Caleb Simmons "The Goddess on the Hill," p. 235
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