Count the hands on a Chandraghanta image, and you’ll stop at ten. Shailputri and Brahmacharini, worshipped on the two preceding days, have two each. The jump is deliberate, and it…
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Chandraghanta and the strength of the home: Tuesday’s tritiya in Shardiya Navratri
Chandraghanta means “the one with a bell-shaped crescent moon on her head.” It’s a name you can almost see: a crescent shaped like a bell resting on the Mother’s forehead,…