Brahmacharini

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Brahmacharini (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मचारिणी, romanized: Brahmacāriṇī) On the second day of Navratri, Mahadevi takes the form of Brahmacharini. This is a quiet and beautiful form of Parvati , who devoted herself to penace to marry Lord Shiva. Brahmam signifies ‘penance’, charini means ‘female follower or devotee’. So, Brahmacharini means ‘one who undertakes penance’. She is the second of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the second day of Navaratri. In her iconography, Brahmacharini is depicted wearing white clothes, holding a japamala in her right hand and a kamandalu in her left.

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