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Trivia question of the day — Feb 6, 2026

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QUESTION OF THE DAYFRI 06 FEB
DIFFICULTY 48 · MEDIUMMYTHOLOGY

Which shape-shifting asura, boasting a boon that no man could kill him, fell to Durga's trident?

  1. Shumbha
  2. Nishumbha
  3. Dhumralochana
  4. Mahishasura
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Answer

D. Mahishasura

Mahishasura's defeat gave Durga the epithet Mahishasuramardini, and the Chamundi Hills are held to be the place where she killed him.

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