 The 6th day of Navaratri festival is dedicated to Maa Katyayani, the 6th Avtar of Goddess Durga. Once there was a great sage named Katya and it was his wish that Maa Durga be born his daughter. He practiced austere penance for several years to please the Gods. The trinity of Gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva got enraged and they designed Goddess Durga, who was an end result of the abilities of all deities. Since she was born to Katya, she was called Katyayani. Maa Katyayani has 3 eyes and 4 hands. She holds a sword in Her one left-hand and a lotus in another. The other 2 hands respectively show protecting and allowing actions. If you make vow of fasting and worshipping her, she would bless you with the husband you have wished and prayed for. If a lady's marriage is getting delayed due to one or the other reason, she may worship Maa Katyayani to remove obstacles that may be causing delays in her marriage. Maa also blesses you with better health and wealth. By worshipping Maa Katyayani, you may develop great strength to fight all disease, sorrows and fears. In order to destruct the sins accumulated over your several lives, you should religiously worship Maa Katyayani. Chant this mantra to worship Goddess Katyayani... Ktyyani mahmy mahygin'yadhvari | Nanda gpasuta dvipati m kuru t nama || Navratri is a special occasion. A time for new beginnings and offering your dedication and reverence to the Goddess Shakti. This Navratri, bring home and institute a Meru Prusth Shree Yantra - a beautiful, divine symbol of the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi herself. |
On the sixth day of navratri Goddess Katyayani is worshipped all over the world. Devi Katyayani is the sixth manifestation among Navdurga. According to Hindu mythology, there was a sage named Katyayana who had a wish that Goddess Durga take the birth as his daughter at his home so he performed the hard penance to please the God. After years of hard penance, God accepted his wish and Goddess Durga was born to sage Katyayana's Home on Dakshin Krishna Chaturdashi that is why she is known by the name of Katyayani in all over the world. To protect the Devas, Devi Katyayani leads the war from the side of the Gods. When demon Mahishasur crossed all the limits then she killed the demon Mahishasur and freed all the Gods from the torment of Asuras. Goddess Katyayani is one of the violent Devi in the nine goddess of navrati. At the same time, she shows mercy upon devotees and blessed the devotees with affection and full-fill all their true wishes.
This year in 2018, sixth day of navratri will be celebrated on March 23 (Friday) and all the rituals of Pooja is performed like other days. Mata Katyayani who is worshipped on the sixth day of Navratri Pooja, is known as the Warior Goddess among nine Goddess. Devi Katyayani has ended the torments of devils and demons with her divine power.
Navratri sixth day's goddess, Maa Katyayani is dressed in pink attire and wearing white rosary in her neck. She has four arms and three eyes and lion is her procession. In her upper left hand, she holds the weapon Sword while Lotus Flower in the lower left hand. The right upper hand is in Abhaymudra pose while lower right hand is in Varmudra.
The girls, who worshipped Maa Katyani on the sixth day of Navratri pooja are blessed with desired husband as they wish and all other wishes also has been full filled. If a lady's marriage is getting late or there is any other trouble then she should worship and do fast to confiscate all the hurdles and problems from her life. The devotees, who worship goddess with huge devotion, faith and with pure mind lead to accomplishment of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.
Devotees should worship the sacred Kalash and all the family of God & Goddess on the sixth day of navratri pooja. At the time of ending of navratri puja, Goddess Katyayani worship has to be done by offering flowers and chanting mantras.
Chandrahasojvalakara Shardulvarvahna |
Katyayani Shubham Dadhyadevi Danavaghatini ||
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