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    Navadurga (Sanskrit: नवदुर्गा, IAST: Navadurgā), also spelled Navdurga and Navadurgas, are nine manifestations and forms of Durga in Hinduism, especially...
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  • Navadurga Jatra is a festival celebrated every 12 years in the Thecho and Sunakothi regions of the Lalitpur district, Nepal. During the Jatra, masked...
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    Navadurga is the Kuldevta (family deity) of many Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (GSBs) and Daivadnya Brahmins in India—in Goa and Maharashtra. Due to the forceful...
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    Mahagauri (category Navadurgas)
    Mahagauri is the eighth form among the Navadurga aspects of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi. She is worshipped on the eighth day of Navaratri. According...
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    Chandraghanta (category Navadurgas)
    Chandraghanta is the third navadurga aspect of goddess Mahadevi, worshipped on the third day of Navaratri (the nine divine nights of Navadurga). Her name Chandra-Ghanta...
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    has some temples including those of Devi Sateri, Shri Rameshwar, Shri Navadurga at Kanyale Redi, Shri Mauli at Redi and Shiroda, Shri Vetoba at Aaravali...
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  • Mahadevi/Adi Parashakti / Adi Shakti / Durga / Matsya Kanya / Ashta-Matrikas / Navadurga / Kali / Mahakali /Bhadrakali/ Devi / Dasha-Mahavidyas / Ardhanarishvara...
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    comes visiting, locals know he speaks fluent Nepali, February 13, 2018. Navadurga Festival organized by Bindhyabasini Dharmik Chhettra Bikash Samiti September...
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    complexes. The main deity in the temple is Goddess Katyayani, who is part of Navadurga, the nine forms of Hindu goddess Durga or Shakti, worshipped during the...
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    the first month of the year. The nine-day festival Chaitra Navratri or Navadurga (or "Nava Durga", the 'nine forms of the Goddess Durga') starts from Chaitra...
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    mothers (Sapta Matrika) is more common in South India. Navadurgas Main article- Navadurgas Navadurgas ,the nine forms of Durgas , are one of the most important...
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    Skandamata (category Navadurgas)
    Skandamātā (Sanskrit: स्कन्दमाता) is the fifth among the Navadurga forms of Mahadevi. Her name comes from Skanda, an alternate name for the war god Kartikeya...
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    sections house various deities like Shree Bhawani, Shree Shiv Shankar, Navadurga, Waghjai and Kalkai. All four sections have carefully designed domes of...
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    Kushmanda (category Navadurgas)
    Followers of the Kalikula tradition believe her to be the fourth aspect in Navadurga forms of Mahadevi. Her name signals her main role: Ku means "a little"...
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  • Shailaputri (category Navadurgas)
    representing herself as the pure form of goddess Parvati. She is the first Navadurga venerated during the first day of Navratri, and is a reincarnation of...
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    Matanga Bhairava with Matanga Rishi, and Narada Bhairava with Narada Rishi. Navadurga Kinsley (1997), pp. ix, 1. Shin (2018), p. 316. Shin (2018), p. 17. Brown...
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    Kottiyoor Devaswam. Retrieved 20 July 2013. "Navadurga | 9 Swaroop of Maa Durga Hindu Devi knows as Navadurga". MaaDurga. 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019. Kinsley...
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    Vettakkorumakan Narayani Lakshmi-Narayana Narasimha Ganesha Ayyappan Navadurga Damodara Shasta Some of the primary kuladevatas of Tamil Nadu include:...
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    are many epithets for Durga in Shaktism and her nine appellations are (Navadurga): Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayini...
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    Siddhidhatri (category Navadurgas)
    Siddhidhatri is the ninth and final among the Navadurga (nine forms) aspects of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi. The meaning of her name is as follows:...
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  • Navadurga (Nepali: नवदुर्गा) is a Gaupalika in Dadeldhura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal. Navadurga has a population of 19957...
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    different ways to depict the nine different aspects of the goddess known as Navadurgas. On the 7th day of Navaratri that is dedicated to the goddess Kalaratri...
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  • devataa", "Karana devataa", "Raashyaadhipati (husband and wife)", "Navadurga", "Saptama Maru Devataa", "Dwadasha Aditya - Dhata, Aryama, Mitra, Varuna...
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    Brahmacharini (category Navadurgas)
    second aspect of the Navadurga forms of Mahadevi and is worshipped on the second day of Navaratri (the nine divine nights of Navadurga). The goddess Brahmacharini...
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    Ugratara, Taritni, Katyayani, Chhinnamasta, Nilasarasvati, Durga, Jayadurga, Navadurga, Vashuli, Dhumavati, Visalakshi, Gauri, Bagalamukhi, Pratyangira, Matangi...
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    many other forms such as Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshvari, Kali, Parvati, Navadurga, Mahavidya, Lakshmi, Saraswati, and others. Author Helen T. Boursier says:...
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    generally Chaturbhuja (four arms). The mouse idol (vahana) was found on further excavation after two months. Navadurga Temple(near Ganpati,Redi) v t e...
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    beings in forms such as Gauri, Durga, Kali, the ten Mahavidyas, and the Navadurgas. Parvati is an embodiment of Shakti. In Shaivism, she is the recreative...
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    Bhadrakali Durga is also worshiped in the form of her nine epithets called Navadurga. The main deity in this temple is Durga who is also called Mizhavil Bhagavathi...
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  • worship of nine girls, representing the nine forms of Goddess Durga (Navadurga). As per Hindu philosophy, these girls are considered the manifestation...
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