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PrintThe festival of Navratri is very auspicious in Hindu religion. The nine day festival of Navratri is the adoration of the Divine Mother. It is also called Chaitra Navratri as it is celebrated in the month of March-April i.e Chaitra month. Chaitra Navratri is divided into sets of three days to worship different aspects of the Supreme Goddess. On the first three days, the mother is adored as powerful force called Durga in order to destroy all or impurities. The next three days, the mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Lakshmi, who is considered to have the power of blessing wealth. And the final three days, is been worshipped as the goddess of Wisdom, Saraswati , she has the power to provide you a success in life. Hence, Navratri is a festival of adoration of divine power of Mother or MAA.
2nd Day of Navratri
The second day of Navratri is for
Maa Brahmacharini. She is worshipped on 2nd day of Navratri. She is
the Roop of Maa Durga and she is called
Brahmacharini because she addresses Brahma (Penance)or tapasya. She is
symbolized as the Godess who performs Tapa or hard penance. She holds Kamandal
in her hand and Rosary in right. She wears white saree of bright –orange border
and Rudraksh as ornament. She is the Goddess of
wisdom and knowledge. Admiring Goddess Brahmacharini, the Rishi-Muni, disciples
and devotees of Durga accomplishes their Yog-Sadhna, Pooja and penance. Solar
radiations behind her head glorify her luster.
Story
Of Maa Brahmacharini
It is believed that, when Parvati realized about her divine love toward
Lord Shiva, she was advised by Rishi Narad to folloe customs and rituals of
rigid Tapasya for long years. While performing Tapasya, she
suffered painful torments of nature like extremely biting cold, intense flames
of Sun, and hammering of rain. But she continued that of her hard penance till
thousands of years and ate only bilva leaves to survive. Till many hundreds of
years, she abstained from water and food. And this way, she devoted herself
completely in worship of Lord Shiva. This great Tapa made her glorified with
name Brahmacharini and pleased Lord Shiva to be her divine consort.
By heartily worshipping Goddess Brahmacharini, devotees can enhance their metabolism, stamina and can live without meals without much effect on health. So worship this almighty on this propitious day and obtain her enormous grace.
