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Navratri special Day 3: Jai Maa Chandraghanta (see pics)

Goddess Parvati after getting married to Lord Shiva started adorning her forehead with half-moon sharing the other with Lord Shiva, hence this married form of Goddess Parvati with 'half-chandra' is known as Maa Chandraghanta.Maa Chandraghanta



Her fifth right hand is always in Varada Mudra, and her fifth left hand is in Abhaya Mudra.

Maa Chandraghanta is considered the goddess who is bestowed to maintain the peach and welfare in the lives of her devotees. She is ready for any war against the wrong and the half-chandra on her forehead expel any kind of negative spirit or aura away from her devotees.