Day 3 - Maa Chandraghanta..!

Maa carries a crescent shaped bell crown on her head and thus she is known as "Chandraghanta".

Maa has a third eye on her forehead that she opens only at the time of war. She is known as the protector and she carries varieties of Astra so that she ImageImage
could fight with the negativity and evilness.

She is also known as the Dashabhuja dharini, the one with ten hands.

She holds a Trishul, Gada, Talwar, Kamandal on the left side and a Lotus, a Bow, an arrow and Japa mala in the right. ImageImage
Story of Ma is starts at tradic note as she she tried to kill herself by jumping in the yagna in next birth she was born as daughter of Himavan in thus birth she got married to Shivji.

It is said Shivji came in bizzare style to marry her with body full of snakes & ashes after Image
Shivji came with aghoris & old sages seeing this her parents where stunned & fear so to come out of this situation Parvati Maa took furious form of Chandraghanta later Maa worship Shivji and requested to take a charming prince look later Shivji disguised himself as a prince ImageImage
And also changed his procession.
मां चंद्रघंटा के मंत्र:

पिण्डजप्रवरारूढ़ा चण्डकोपास्त्रकेर्युता।

प्रसादं तनुते मह्यं चंद्रघण्टेति विश्रुता॥
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