Goddess brahmacharini

 Goddess  brahmacharini  parvati took birth at the home of daksha prajapati.in this form the goddess parvati  was a great sati and her unmarried form is worshipped as goddess brahmacharini.

Goddess brahmacharini is worshipped on the second day of navratri.                                                     

It is believed the lord mangal that provieder of all fortunes, is governed by goddess brahmacharini. Goddess  brahmacharini is depicted as walking on the bare feet. She has tow hands and she carries japmala in the right hand kamandal in the left hand.

Goddess brahmacharini did servere penance to get lord shiva as her husband. She performed hard austerity and due to which she was called brahmacharini it is started that during her penance to get lord shiva as her husband she spent 1000 years on the diet of flower and fruits and another 100 years on the diets on leafy vegetables while sleeping on the flower further she followed strict fasting regimenwhile staying at open palce in scarching summer harsh  winters  and starmy rains. According to hindu my thologies she was on diets of bilva leaves for 3000 years white she prayed to lord shankar. Later she even stopped eating bilva leaves and continued her penance without any food and water she was knows as aparna when she left eating bilva leaves. As legends go goddess brahmacharini immolated herself by wishing to get a father in her next birth who can respect her husband lord shiva.