Once there was a demon named Mahishasura and he got the boon from
Lord Brahma indicating that no man would be able to kill him. He began
empowering Gods and finally he overturned the throne of God Indra. At
that time, all Gods went to the Hindu trinity Gods: Lord Brahma, Lord
Vishnu, and Lord Shiva for seeking their help.
All the three Lords along with other Gods united their powers to create Goddess Shakti. She and demon Mahishasura fought for nine days, and on the tenth day, Goddess Durga killed him by slaying his head to conclude the war. These nine days are celebrated as Navratri.
According to another legend, Goddess Uma, consort of Lord Shiva and daughter of King Daksha of Himalayas once came to know the fact that her father had organized Yagna at his palace and intentionally not invited her. Lord Shiva suggested his wife Uma that she should not visit her parental home as an uninvited guest, but all his efforts went in vain. She had great bonding with her parents that made Goddess Uma ignore her husband's wishes.
Finally, when she visited her parental home to be a part of Yagna, she was insulted by her father. He used obscene words for Lord Shiva. Uma got raged by that, she jumped into the fire of Yagna, from where she gained prominence as ‘Sati’. In her next birth, she again got herself married to Lord Shiva and concluded the conflict of her past life by making peace with her parents. It is believed that during the nine-day period of Navratri, she visits her parents.
According to Hindu epic Ramayana, Navratri relates to the Lord Rama. The legend goes that Lord Rama worshipped Goddess Durga for nine days, to seek her blessings to provide him with strength and power to slaughter Ravana. He wanted to release his consort Sita from the shackles of a powerful demon king Ravana, who had abducted her by disguised himself as... Read More
All the three Lords along with other Gods united their powers to create Goddess Shakti. She and demon Mahishasura fought for nine days, and on the tenth day, Goddess Durga killed him by slaying his head to conclude the war. These nine days are celebrated as Navratri.
According to another legend, Goddess Uma, consort of Lord Shiva and daughter of King Daksha of Himalayas once came to know the fact that her father had organized Yagna at his palace and intentionally not invited her. Lord Shiva suggested his wife Uma that she should not visit her parental home as an uninvited guest, but all his efforts went in vain. She had great bonding with her parents that made Goddess Uma ignore her husband's wishes.
Finally, when she visited her parental home to be a part of Yagna, she was insulted by her father. He used obscene words for Lord Shiva. Uma got raged by that, she jumped into the fire of Yagna, from where she gained prominence as ‘Sati’. In her next birth, she again got herself married to Lord Shiva and concluded the conflict of her past life by making peace with her parents. It is believed that during the nine-day period of Navratri, she visits her parents.
According to Hindu epic Ramayana, Navratri relates to the Lord Rama. The legend goes that Lord Rama worshipped Goddess Durga for nine days, to seek her blessings to provide him with strength and power to slaughter Ravana. He wanted to release his consort Sita from the shackles of a powerful demon king Ravana, who had abducted her by disguised himself as... Read More
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