?May Mata Katyayani keep you all healthy and provide bright future?: Prime Minister Narendra Modi bows to Goddess Katyayani on sixth day of Navratri

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday bowed to Goddess Katyayani on the sixth day of the Navratri festival.

“Mother Katyayani is worshipped on the Shashthi of Navratri. I wish that Mata Katyayani always keep you all healthy and give you a bright future,” Prime Minister Modi said.

Katyayani is worshipped on the sixth day of Navaratri. Like Kalaratri, who is worshipped on the following night, Katyayani is a fearsome sight, with wild hair and 18 arms, each clutching a weapon. Born in a fit of divine rage and anger, she emits a radiant light from her body from which darkness and evil cannot hide. Despite her appearance, Hindus believe that she can bestow a sense of calm and inner peace upon all who worship her. Like Kushmanda, Katyayani rides a lion, ready at all times to confront evil.