Brahmacharini Devi being worshipped on second day of Navaratri

KATHMANDU: Brahmacharini Devi, the second of the nine forms of Goddess Durga, is being worshipped today on the second day of Navratri in Dashain Ghar and household prayer rooms across the country.

On the first day of Navaratri, Sunday, devotees performed Ghatasthapana according to Vedic rituals and sowed barley seeds to grow jamara (sacred barley shoots), a sacred offering associated with Dashain. Goddess Shailaputri, the first form of Durga, was also invoked and worshipped on the occasion.

On the second day, devotees invoke and worship Brahmacharini Devi at the place where Ghatasthapana was performed.

Throughout the nine days of Navaratri, devotees recite sacred texts, including the Durga Saptashati (Chandi), Shreemad Devi Bhagwat and other hymns dedicated to the Goddess.