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Navadurga (Sanskrit: नवदुर्गा, IAST: Navadurgā), also spelled Navdurga and Navadurgas, are nine manifestations and forms of Durga in Hinduism, [1] [2] especially worshipped during Navaratri and Durga Puja. [3] They are often considered collectively as a single deity, mainly among the followers of Shaktism and Shaivism sect of ...
Navadurga is the Kuldevta (family deity) of many Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (GSBs) and Daivadnya Brahmins in India—in Goa and Maharashtra.Due to the forceful Portuguese conversion and intervention into their rituals, the Deity with all the other purushas had to be shifted from Gavasim to their present respective places.
Mahagauri is the eighth form among the Navadurga aspects of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi. She is worshipped on the eighth day of Navaratri . Mahagauri is believed to be able to fulfill all the desires of her devotees.
Durga, in her various forms, appears as an independent deity in the Epics period of ancient India, that is the centuries around the start of the common era. [43] Both Yudhisthira and Arjuna characters of the Mahabharata invoke hymns to Durga. [41] She appears in Harivamsa in the form of Vishnu's eulogy, and in Pradyumna prayer. [43]
Katyayani (कात्यायनी) is an aspect of Mahadevi and the slayer of the tyrannical demon Mahishasura.She is the sixth among the Navadurgas, the nine forms of Hindu goddess Durga who are worshipped during the festival of Navaratri. [1]
Kalaratri (Sanskrit: कालरात्रि, romanized: Kālarātri) is the seventh of the nine Navadurga forms of the goddess Mahadevi. She is first referenced in the Devi Mahatmya. Kalaratri is one of the fearsome forms of the goddess. [1] [2]
Skandamātā (Sanskrit: स्कन्दमाता) is the fifth among the Navadurga forms of Mahadevi. Her name comes from Skanda, an alternate name for the war god Kartikeya, and Mātā, meaning mother. [1] [2] As one of the Navadurga, the worship of Skandamātā takes place on the fifth day of Navaratri.
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