6th Day Navarathiri

Mata Katyayani – Sixth Durga : 

Mata Katyayani is worshipped on the Sixth Day of Navratri. Rishi Katyayan observed a penance to get Jaganmata as his daughter. She blessed him and took birth as his daughter on the bank of the river Jamuna for getting Lord Krishna as a husband. She is considered as the prime deity of the Vraja Mandal. Ma Katyayani has three eyes and four hands. . One left-hand holds a weapon and the other a lotus She rides on Lion.

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