Day 3
Goddess Chandraghanta
October 13, 2026
Each night honors a different form of the goddess. Complete your mantra, wear the sacred color, and observe the fast.
Goddess Chandraghanta
The third night honors Goddess Chandraghanta, named for the half-moon (chandra) shaped like a temple bell (ghanta) upon her forehead. This is the Goddess after her marriage to Lord Shiva — serene of face, terrible in defence. The sound of her bell is said to scatter every negative force, and her worship replaces fear with steady, fearless courage.
A Famous Tale of the Goddess
When the Goddess took this form, she rode into battle for the first time. The demon armies had learned to fear her cry: at the ringing of the bell on her brow, a sound like ten thousand temple bells at once, the asuras' courage broke and they fled before a single weapon was raised.
She is described with ten arms, each holding a weapon, and a third eye that stays permanently open — the ever-watchful eye of a mother guarding her child. Devotees say her face shines with peace while her form stays ready for war, the perfect union of gentleness and strength.
Iconography & Symbolism
Goddess Chandraghanta is golden-skinned, ten-armed, and mounted for battle.
The Mount (Vahana)
She rides a tigress, the embodiment of raw valour and the ability to act without hesitation.
The Bell on Her Brow
The crescent moon shaped like a bell gives her her name. Its sound is believed to drive evil spirits and all negativity out of a home.
The Ten Hands
Eight hands hold weapons — trident, mace, bow, arrow, sword and more — while two rest in the gestures of blessing and of granting fearlessness.
The Third Eye
Her third eye remains always open, watching for danger long before the devotee can sense it.
Astrological & Chakra Connections
Ruling Planet: Venus (Shukra)
She governs Venus, the planet of beauty, harmony, and comfort. Her worship is prescribed to settle afflictions of Shukra, bringing grace to relationships and to the home.
Chakra Connection: Manipura (Solar Plexus)
Day 3 opens the Manipura Chakra at the navel, the furnace of confidence and personal power, where hesitation is burned away.
How to Do the Puja
Auspicious Color of the Day
Red (Symbolizing valour, vitality, and fierce protection).
Favorite Flower
White Lotus (Kamal) or Jasmine.
Special Bhog (Offering)
Milk and milk sweets such as kheer. Donating the milk offering afterwards is believed to free the devotee from sorrow.
Step-by-Step Ritual:
Bathe early and wear red.
Water the barley sprouts and tend the Akhand Jyoti.
Place the image of Goddess Chandraghanta and offer white lotus or jasmine.
Offer milk and kheer as bhog.
Chant the Chandraghanta mantra 108 times.
Ring the bell steadily through the Aarti to clear the home of negativity.
Sacred Mantras
Om Devi Chandraghantayai Namah
(ॐ देवी चन्द्रघण्टायै नमः)
(Chant this 108 times using a rudraksha or lotus-seed mala).
The Chant (Japa)
Pindaja Pravararudha Chandakopastrakairyuta | Prasadam Tanute Mahyam Chandraghanteti Vishruta ||
“May the renowned Chandraghanta, mounted on her tigress and armed with weapons born of fierce wrath, extend her grace to me.”
The Dhyana Mantra (Meditation)
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