Navratri Day 3: All You Need to Know About Colour, Puja Vidhi and Timings to Worship Maa Chandraghanta

The festive season has commenced with the welcoming of Shardiya Navratri on October 17. The third day, or Tritiya tithi of Navratri id dedicated to Maa Chandraghanta. This year, the Tritiya tithi falls on Monday, October 19. Maa Chandraghanta is depicted as the goddess with a third eye which opens only when there is a war.

Maa Chandrghanta is known as the avatar or form of Maa Durga which protects from evil. You can always see her equipped with a lot of weapons, including trident, a mace, a sword, a pitcher and a lotus, a bow, an arrow and mala for japa. This form of Goddess Durga has ten hands, which gives her the name Dashabhuja dharini, and always come mounted on a tiger. She is known as a peaceful avatar of Maa Durga.