๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ is one of the most revered Hindu festivals to honor Mata Durga. It spans over nine nights and ten days. Navratri is observed to celebrate the victory of โ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐โ over the powerful demon Mahishasura i.e. the victory of โGood over Evilโ.
The first day of Navratri also known as ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ, this day is associated with ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข (“Daughter of Mountain”), an incarnation of Parvati. It is in this form that Durga is worshipped as the wife of Shiva, she is depicted as riding the bull, Nandi, with a trishula in her right hand and lotus in her left. ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข is considered to be the direct incarnation of Mahakali. After the self-immolation of Goddess Sati, Goddess Parvati took birth as the daughter of Lord Himalaya. In Sanskrit, Shail means the mountain, and the Goddess was known as Shailputri, the daughter of the mountain.
