Day Six of Navratri – Katyayani

Great sage of Indian history is Sage Katyaayan, he was the son of the great sage Kat. He had performed meticulous and exact atonement and worship of Bhagavati Paramba with a wish to acquire Paramba as his daughter.

Sage Katyaayan was answered and a daughter was born and was named as Katyayani. She has four hands. The pinnacle right hand is placed in a nod of presenting bravery at the same time as the other hand is placed in a signal of giving a boon. The top left hand holds a sword and the other a lotus. The goddess sits on a lion and worshiped on the sixth day of the Durga puja.

Day Five of Navratri - Skanda Mata

Lord Kartik/Kartikeyan/Karthikeyan is also called as Skanda. As we all know that Goddess Durga is his mother, so she is very well known among every living being as Skanda Mata.

She is a deity of fire with four arms. She holds her son Skanda with the top right hand and lotus in her lower hand. The top left hand is placed in a consent sign or Abhaya Mudra. She is fair complexioned, seated on a lotus and so also referred to as Padmasana.

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.