The Divine Journey of Nine Forms

NavDurga 2023

           DAY 1    Maa Shailputri

Symbolizes power, with a crescent moon on her forehead and a trident in her right hand. Devotees wear orange on this day.

        DAY 2          Maa Brahmacharini

Represents austerity and carries a Japa mala. She did great penance to attain Lord Shiva as her husband.

     DAY 3       Maa Chandraghanta

Adorned with a half-moon on her forehead, she brings tranquility and prosperity.

       DAY 4         Maa Kushmanda

She has the power to live inside the Sun and radiates as luminously as the Sun. She has eight hands and is known as Ashtabhuja Devi.

    DAY 5       Maa Skandamata

The mother of the war God Skanda, she rides a lion and carries Lord Skanda

     DAY 6      Maa   Katyayani

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To destroy the demon Mahishasura, she took the form of Goddess Katyayani, known as the Warrior Goddess

    DAY 7       Maa  Kaalaratri

She removed her golden skin to kill the demons Shumbha and Nishumbha and is the fiercest form of Goddess Parvati.

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At the age of sixteen, she was extremely beautiful and had a fair complexion. She governs the planet Rahu and is known for her fair skin tone.

    DAY 8      Maa Mahagauri

    DAY 8      Maa Mahagauri

    DAY 9        Maa  Siddhidatri

She is the Goddess who possesses and bestows all types of Siddhis to her devotees, and she appeared from the left half of Lord Shiva.