The Chaitra Navratri, starts today with full fervor in which Goddess Durga worshipped. The nine day celebration starts with the worship of Shailputri.
The nine day observance ceremony is set to begin from March 31 and it will be continue until April 8. Known as Chaitra Navratri, it starts on the first day of hindi month known as Chaitra and it ends with Ramnavmi, the birth of Lord Rama.
'Shailputrihas been mentioned so being the daughter of Himalaya in Puranas and the first among the nine forms. Himalaya named the girl Parvati or Hemvati. She tore the ego of various gods. They bowed down and accepted her as Shakti.
She took avatar to relieve the gods of the tyranny of the demon Mahishasur. Durga is the aggressive face of the Goddess Shakti who was born to fight with demons.
Durga being a warrior is invoked to protect human beings from every evil whether foreign power or diseases.
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