Chandi

(“fierce”) Epithet used for the fierce and
powerful goddesses Durga and Kali. A
variant form of the name Chandi is
Chandika, and under this name Chandi
is identified as one of the Navadurgas,
the “nine [forms of the goddess] Durga”
worshiped during the nine nights of the
Navaratri festival. Chandika is the goddess
worshiped on the festival’s ninth and
final night and is thus the most powerful
of these divine forms.