Navadurga
Navadurga (Devanagari:नवदुर्गा), which literally means Nine forms of Goddess Durga, constitute, according to Hindu mythology, the manifestation of Goddess Durga in nine different forms. These nine forms of manifestation are Śailaputrī शैलपुत्री, Brahmachāriṇī व्रह्मचारणी, Candraghaṇṭā चन्द्रघन्टा, Kuśamāṇḍāकुशमन्दा, Skandamātā स्कन्दमाता, Kātyāyanī कात्यायनी, Kālarātrī कालरात्री, Mahāgaurī महागौरी and Siddhidātrī सिद्धिदात्री; together worshipped during the Navratri (Nine Divine Nights) celebration in Autumn each year.
Forms of manifestation
Durga, the Mother Goddess of the Hindus and a form of Devi and Shakti is Adi Parashakti and the Navadurga or Nine Durgas.The Navadurga are the different forms of Devi Durga or Devi Parvati.
Meditative mantra
Each one of the Navadurga is known by a particular name and the deity has a particular dhyana-mantra, a mantra for meditation, a free English version of which is mentioned below:
May the illustrious Shailputri Durga whom I salute and whose head is adorned by a halfmoon, who rides nandi, a bull and carries a spear fulfill the desires of my heart. She is known as 1st phase of Durga when she took birth as the daughter of Great Himalayas.
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