This year, instead of one, two avatars of Nav Durgas will be worshipped on the third day of Shardiya Navratri. And they are Goddess Chandraghanta and Kushmanda. According to the Drikpanchang, the third and the fourth day of Shardiya Navratri will be observed on October 9, which is today.
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No one can understand Hindu rituals and festivals unless one understands Ishvara/ Bhagavan/ God. In Hinduism, Ishvara is the material and the intelligence behind the whole creation. The material aspect is ignored in most religions. Unless you take Ishvara to be the material as well, one can never have a God that is omnipresent, present everywhere.
On the second day of Navratri, the second form of Durga, Maa Brahmacharini, is worshipped. Also known as Tapascharini, Uma and Aparna, Maa Brahmacharini signifies knowledge, wisdom, austerity and loyalty. According to legends, Goddess Parvati/ Durga, who was born to Daksha Prajapati as Devi Seti, her unmarried form is worshipped as Maa Brahmacharini.