<\/strong> Goddess Chandraghanta is worshipped on the third day of Dashain today. On the third day of Navratri, Goddess Chandraghanta, the third incarnation of Navadurga Bhawani, is worshiped for 15 days till Kojagrat Purnima. Bada Dashain, the great festival of Nepal, which started with Ghatasthapana on Ashwin Shukla Pratipada, is celebrated for 15 days till Kojagrat Purnima.<\/p>\n There is a tradition of worshiping nine forms of Navdurga by reciting Durga Saptashati (Chandi), Shrimad Devi Bhagwat and other devotional hymns at home and Dashain Ghar throughout Navratri. Goddess Shailputri is worshipped on the first day of Navratri and Brahmacharini on the second day. After this, Goddess Kushmanda is worshiped on the fourth day, Skandmata on the fifth day, Katyayani on the sixth day, Kalratri on the seventh day, Mahagauri on the eighth day and Siddhidatri on the ninth day. <\/p>\n Hindus celebrate this festival as a symbol of the victory of truth over evil and the victory of divine power over demonic forces. Meanwhile, on the third day of Navratri, a large number of devotees thronged the temples and shrines of the goddesses across the country including the Kathmandu Valley since early morning.<\/p>\n Devotees throng temples including Guheshwori, Maitidevi, Dakshinkali, Kalikasthan, Shova Bhagwati, Bijeshwori, Naxal Bhagwati, Bhadrakali and Sankata. <\/p>\n Similarly, the major Shakti Peeths outside the Kathmandu Valley such as Pathibhara of Taplejung, Dantkali of Dharan, Siddhakali of Bhojpur and Manakamana of Gorkha are also crowded with devotees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Goddess Chandraghanta is worshipped on the third day of Dashain today. On the third day of Navratri, Goddess Chandraghanta, the third incarnation of Navadurga Bhawani, is worshiped for 15 days till Kojagrat Purnima. Bada Dashain, the great festival of Nepal, which started with Ghatasthapana on Ashwin Shukla Pratipada, is celebrated for 15 days till KojagratContinue reading “Goddess Chandraghanta is worshipped on the third day of Navratri festival.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":114890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-samachar-en"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_9182e1c9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114894,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114893\/revisions\/114894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media\/114890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}