Chandraghanta

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Chandraghanta (Sanskrit: चन्द्रघण्टा, romanized: Candraghaṇṭā) is the third of the nine forms of the Hindu goddess Durga collectively known as the Navadurga. She is worshipped on the third day of Navaratri. The Hindi devotional booklet Nava Durga, published by Gita Press, explains her name by reference to the crescent moon on her forehead, which is shaped like a bell.