Chandraghanta

1. Chandraghanta The Third form of Goddess Durga is Chandraghanta.The“Chandraghanta” means the one who has a half-moon shaped like a bell. Her third eye is always opened and She is always ready for war against demons. She is also known as Chandrakhanda, Chandika or Rannchandi. Goddess Chandraghanta mounts on the tigress. She wears the semi-circular moon (Chandra) on her forehead. The half-moon on her forehead looks like the bell (Ghanta) and because of that she is known as Chandra-Ghanta. She is depicted with ten hands. Goddess Chandraghanta carries Trishul, Gada, Sword and Kamandal in her four left hands and keeps the fifth left hand in Varada Mudra. She carries lotus flower, Arrow, Dhanush and Japa Mala in her four right hands and keeps the fifth right hand in Abhaya Mudra. The devotees who adore and worship Maa Chandraghanta develop an aura of divine splendor. They emit invisible power-waves which exercise a great impact on those who come in contact with them. The worshipper of Goddess Chandraghanta easily achieve success, peace prosperity and extreme protection in life. Maa Chandraghanta is ready to destroy the wicked, but to Her devotees she is a kind and compassionate Mother showering divinity and all good things in the life. Mantra of Maa Chandraghanta ॐदेवीचन्द्रघण्टायैनमः॥ Om Devi Chandraghantayai Namah॥ Prarthana for Maa Chandraghanta पिण्डजप्रवरारूढाचण्डकोिास्त्रक ै ययुता। प्रसादंतनयतेमह्यम्चन्द्रघण्टेततपवश्रयता॥ Pindaja Pravararudha Chandakopastrakairyuta। Prasadam Tanute Mahyam Chandraghanteti Vishruta॥