Chaitra Navratri 2022, Day 6 puja: Maa Katyayani will bless you with a happy married life!
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Chaitra Navratri Day 6 puja: The red colour is associated with Maa Katyayani, which is also linked to Devi Durga.
New Delhi: The 9-day long Chaitra Navratri festival is being celebrated in the country with full gusto. This year it began on April 2 and will culminate on April 10, Ram Navami respectively. On each day during this period, different forms of Nav Durga Maa are worshipped.
Maa Katyayani is worshipped on the 6th day of the Chaitra Navratri. The goddess is also hailed as the second name of Goddess Parvati, Adi Parashakti or Amarakosha, as per the Sanskrit lexicon. She is revered as the fierce avatar of Maa Durga according to some beliefs.
The red colour is associated with Maa Katyayani, which is also linked to Devi Durga.
The goddess is mounted on a lion which Goddess Parvati offered to her and killed Mahishasur in her fierce avatar. According to Skanda Purana, Devi Katyayani came into being from the spontaneous anger of the gods to kill the demon—Mahishasur. That is why Durga is also known by the name Mahishasurmardini. This is celebrated widely across the globe as Durga Puja. It coincides with the Sharad Navratri which falls in September-October.
The legend of Mahishasur and how the goddess killed him is the most popular one associated with the origin of Maa Katyayani, who put an end to evil and helped the gods from the clutches of this demon.
