Navratri Day 4: Know Puja Timings, Procedure to Worship Maa Kushmanda on Chaturthi

Navratri, the nine-night long festival of Hindus, is being celebrated starting from October 17. Today is the fourth day of the festival also called Chaturthi. On October 20, which is the Chaturthi, Goddess or Devi Kushmanda is worshipped. Maa Kushmanda is the goddess who has the power to live inside the sun. It is believed that Maa Kushmanda provides direction to the Sun god.

Maa Kushmanda is considered to be a form of Maa Parvati, the Hindu goddess of love, harmony, marriage and divine strength. It is considered that goddess Parvati became Maa Kushmanda when she started living inside the sun. She had done that in order to liberate energy from the sun. She is depicted as a goddess with eight hands sitting on a lion and hold weapons, lotus and prayer bead.