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Navratri special Day 5: Jai Maa Skandamata! (see pics)

Goddess Parvati is worshipped as Maa Skandamata on the fifth day of Navratri, Maa Skandamata is represented sitting on a ferocious lion with baby Karthikkeya, her elder son.Maa Skandamata has four hands, two of her

PTI Published : Oct 09, 2013 11:40 IST, Updated : Sep 29, 2014 9:01 IST


Instead Prajapati Daksh due to his ego insulted Sati and her husband Lord Shiva in front of all the guests. Sati could not bear the insult of her husband Lord Shiva by her father, hence she immolated herself.

Lord Shiva upon knowing this plucked a lock of his hair and thrashed it onto the ground thus giving birth to Virabhadra, and Bhadrakali, who then destroyed and decapitated Prajapati Daksha.

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