Story of Durga Mata and Mahishasur: The festival of Navratri is celebrated four times a year. Chaitra and Shardiya Navratri are prominent in this. The holy festival of Chaitra Navratri starts every year from the Pratipada date of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month. This year Chaitra Navratri will start from March 19 and will end with the festival of Ram Navami on March 27. During Chaitra Navratri, nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshiped with rituals.
The nine days of Navratri are considered very sacred and special. During this time, devotees go to temples across the country to visit the court of Mata. They observe a fast for nine days and worship the Mother Goddess with devotion. Pleased with the fasting and worship, Mother Durga takes away all the sorrows of her devotees. The story is definitely recited during the puja during Navratri. Today we are going to tell you the story of Mother Durga and Mahishasura.
Mahishasura was half man and half buffalo
The story of Mahishasura’s birth is described in Devi Bhagwat Purana, Markandeya Purana and Durga Saptashati (Chandi Path). Mahishasura was born from the union of a buffalo and a demon. Mahishasura had the head of a buffalo. He could change many forms. According to the legend, Mahishasura was born from the union of a powerful demon named Rambha and Mahishi (a buffalo-like demon). This was the reason why Mahishasura was half human and half buffalo.
Mahishasura was a very powerful demon. He had received a boon from Lord Brahma that he could not be killed by any god or man. After receiving this boon, he became arrogant and tyrannical. The demon king Mahishasura had even taken control of heaven by defeating the gods. His terror created an uproar in all three worlds. The gods had to wander on earth due to the wrath of Mahishasura.
This is how Maa Durga descended
When the gods could not think of any solution, they approached Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. Then from the extreme anger of Lord Vishnu and Shiva a great radiance appeared. A luminous power also emerged from the bodies of other gods and merged into the same radiance. It was due to the power and glory of the Gods that Maa Durga was incarnated. She was a symbol of complete female power. Lord Shiva gave Trishul to Mother Durga. Lord Vishnu gave Chakra to mother. Similarly, all the Gods and Goddesses gave many types of weapons to the Mother Goddess.
Finally Mother Durga went to fight against Mahishasura. A fierce war started between the two from Pratipada date in the month of Chaitra. This war lasted for nine days. On the tenth day, mother killed Mahishasura. After this, she started going somewhere like Mahishasura Mardini. These days started being celebrated as Chaitra Navratri.
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