She can be as gentle as a peacock or as fierce as a tiger. The role of woman as fertility goddesses and givers of birth to man emerged very early in the indian culture. Similarly, the concept of Purusa and Prakriti, which became the male and female elements of creation with women representing creation through their shakti , also epitomized a high position for women. The female element is predominant in india, a land where goddesses are worshipped and women revered as goddess. The Devi Sukta hymn of Rigveda, a scripture of hinduism, declares the feminine energy as the essence of universe , the one who creates all matter and consciousness, the eternal, and infinite , the metaphysical and empirical reality, the soul, everything.