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Chandraghanta means “The one who wears Moon and works at the sound of bells”. Parvati, the daughter of Himalayas had already fallen for Lord Shiva and had asked him to visit her home to meet her parents and family. Lord Shiva knew that he has a very charming and very pleasant personality. But he wanted to check if he was accepted for the materialistic needs, or the love is real. So he took his family of dead men and skeletons (as he is called the Shamshaan Nivaasi, the one who lives at the cemetery). This was to test if Parvati actually loves him as a person or for his powers. Goddess Parvati understood this, but she was worried about how her family will react to this. When her family saw this avatar of Lord Shiva, they were about to faint and deny the relationship. To save this from happening, Parvati transformed herself into Devi Chandraghanta. She looked a bit angry, scary, and fearless at the same time. She put on ten hands to hold Trident, Mace, Arrow, Bow, Sword, Lotus, Bell, and Waterpot. She holds out her hands in the Aashirwada position and rides the tiger with one hand. She wears a half-moon on her forehead and a garland of a lotus around her neck. This face of her made her parents relax a bit because they felt that this was a made for each other couple, but they were also very confused if they were happy with this couple. Parvati then persuaded Lord Shiva to arrive like a prince to charm her parents. Lord Shiva believed that Parvati’s love was genuine and he returned back with his family of normal people properly like a prince.
Thus it was believed that worshipping Parvathi as Goddess Chandraghanta on the third day of Navratri provides for resolute decision making and selflessness.
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