First Day Of Navratri

Ma Shailputri (daughter (Putri) of the mountain (Shaila) is worshipped on the first day of Navratra. Shailputri was the daughter of the god of mountains, the Himalayas. Popularly known as Parvati, her husband is shiva and shiva has two sons- Kartikeya and Ganesha. In her previous incarnation, she was Sati- the daughter of a great king, Daksha Prajapati was one of the sons of Lord Brahma. Daksha did not want his daughter, Sati, to marry shiva as he considered shiva a dirty ascetic not worthy of marrying a girl from a noble family. Sati, however, disobeyed her father and married shiva. After marriage, she moved with her husband to Kailash Parvat, the adobe of Lord Shiva.