महागौरी (Mahagauri)   Brief As indicated by Hindu legends, the Goddess Shailputri at sixteen years old was incredibly beautiful and was honored with reasonable tone. The meaning of her name is Maha (great or extreme) and Gauri (white complexion). Because of her super reasonable coloring she was known as Goddess Mahagauri.   Due to her  fair [...]

कालरात्रि (Kaalratri)   Origin  At the point when the Goddess Parvati eliminated external brilliant skin to kill demons named Shumbha and Nishumbha, She was known as Goddess Kalaratri. Kalaratri is the fiercest and the most savage type of Goddess Parvati. Navaratri Tithi: Goddess Kalaratri is revered on the seventh day of Navratri.   Iconography [...]

कात्यायनी (Katyayani) Origin Once there was a great sage named Katya and it was his wish that Maa Durga be born as his daughter. He practiced austere penance for several years to please the Gods. The trinity of Gods – Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva – got enraged and they designed Goddess Durga, who was [...]

स्कन्दमाता (Skandamata)  Origin After Goddess Parvati became the mother of Lord Skanda (also known as Lord Kartikeya),  she was also knows as  Goddess Skandamata.  She symbolises the mother form of Goddess Durga and is benevolent and kind.  Navratri Worship Tithi:  5th  On the fifth day of Navratri, Goddess Skandamata is worshipped. She is the fifth [...]

Maa Kushmanda, the fourth Avatar of Goddess Durga, is worshipped on the 4th day of Navratri.  The name Kushmanda is derived from three words - ‘Ku’ (little), ‘Ushma’ (warmth or energy) and ‘Amnda’ (egg), which means   'the cosmic egg’ .  She is considered the creator of the universe. As per the Hindu scriptures, Lord [...]

On third day of Navratri "Chandraghanta "the third manifestation of Devi Durga is worshipped. Since She has a Chandra or half moon, in the shape of a Ghanta (bell), on Her forehead, She is addressed as Chandraghanta. A symbol of peace, serenity and prosperity, Maa Chandraghanta has three eyes and ten hands holding ten [...]

After revering Devi Shailaputri on the first day, the devotees gear up to worship the second form of Goddess Durga – Maa Brahmacharini. She is worshipped on the second day of Navratri festival. Brahmacharini stands for a devoted female student  who only desired to marry Lord Shiva. This form is considered as the unmarried [...]

 Shailaputri literally means Daughter of the Mountains.  On the first day of Navaratri Mother Durga is worshipped as SHAILAPUTRI. She is the most powerful and glorified of all the nine forms of Durga. She is an incarnation of Parvati. In a previous birth, She was Sati who threw Herself into the yagna fire due [...]