Maha Gauri Mantra for Navratri Ashtami

Today is the Ashtami or the eighth day of the Navaratri celebration, dedicated to the Maha Gauri form of the Mother Goddess Durga Mata.  The legend of Maha Gauri says that she became fair, beautiful and radiant by meditating upon Shiva to make him her husband; this signifies the cleaning and removal of all accumulated bad Karma and Sins committed in life.  Maha Gauri has a fair and white complexion, which is glowing and radiant, this is symbolic of true purity.
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