Maa Kushmanda puja Day 4 of Navratri

 Navratri Day 4

Maa Kushmanda puja

February 13 2024


Goddess Kushmanda has eight hands and because of that She is also known as Ashtabhuja Devi. It is believed that all the power to bestow Siddhis and Niddhis are located in her Jap Mala.


Fourth day of Navratri is purely and lovingly dedicated to Goddess Kushmanda. Devotees worship Goddess on this beautiful and auspicious day and ask for blessings.

Navaratri days are best time to worship devi  to get peace and blessings. This is most sacred days. People worship nine different forms of Goddess Durga during these days. Fourth day of Navratri is being celebrated.

Goddess Kushmanda name means the  ku means little and Ushma means energy and Anda means egg. Sounds exiting... She has eight hands and sitted on a lioness. She holds kamandal, bow and arrow, lotus in her right hand. 

In her left hand she holds amrit kalash, japa mala, gada and chakra. Maa Kushmanda is known as Ashtabhuja Devi.

Day Four of Navratri – Kushmanda

Kush translates in to joy or delight and she generated or I say produced the universe with a smile. She is glowing and bright as the Sun and rides on a lion. She is very well known in this Universe as Ashtabhuja or eight handed.

Goddess Kushmanda’s each of seven hands possess the holy pot - Kamandal, a bow, an arrow, a lotus, a pot full of wine, a disc and a club. The eighth hand of goddess possesses a string of rosary beads that is understood and assumed as to give as blessing in form of success, good sense and cautiousness.