26/09/2022
🌈On the auspicious occasion of Navratri, Goddess Durga is worshipped in her nine forms.✨🙏🏻✨
1️⃣Shailaputri-> meaning 'the daughter of the mountains was born to the Mountain King Himavan. She is also commonly known as Parvati!
2️⃣Brahmacharin -> holding a rosary in her right hand and a Kamandala (water pot) in her left hand, Brahmacharini signifies Tapasya or penance.
3️⃣Chandraghanta -> Shiva brought with him the strangest wedding procession also known as Baraat, consisting of ghosts, Aghoris, sages, ascetics and every being unimaginable. To avoid any embarrassment to her family or to Shiva, Parvati transformed herself into a terrifying form Chandraghanta.
4️⃣Kushmanda -> Devi Kushmanda is believed to be the ultimate source of life.
5️⃣Skandamata -> Skandamata literally means the mother of Skanda. Skanda is another name of Lord Karthikeya
6️⃣Katyayani -> This is the form that is often referred to as Durga. She took birth as the daughter of Sage Katyayan and hence came to be known as Katyayani.
7️⃣Kaalratri -> Kaal refers to death and Ratri means night. Hence, Ma Kaalratri is the one who brings an end or death to anything that is associated with evil or darkness. She is more commonly referred to as Kali and is worshipped on the seventh day. Kaalratri is the most terrorizing form of Durga.
8️⃣Maha Gauri -> Worshipped on eighth day, the story of Mahagauri has many versions. Maha means great and Gauri means white or fair.
9️⃣Siddhidatri -> Siddhidatri, worshipped on the last day, is the Adi Shakti avatar of Durga. She existed as pure energy and had no physical form. Lord Rudra worshipped her for creating the universe and she appeared from the left half of Shiva. That is why she and Shiva represent the duality of the universe in the form of masculine and feminine energies. They unite to form Ardhanarishwara.♥️
