Maa Chhinnamasta is the sixth Mahavidya of Maa Shakti. She is also the GURU of Rahu. She carries her own head in her left hand and holds a khatri in her right hand by which she decapitates herself. Three streams of blood flow from her neck, one of which enters her own mouth. Her female companions called Dakini and Vanini drink the other blood streams. Both the attendants are depicted nude. While Dakini is light skinned and represent the tamas guna; Varnini is red complex and embodies the raja guna.Chhinnamasta is often shown standing on Kamdeva, the god of love and his wife Rati who is engrossed in sambhog (usually Rati is on top of Kamdev). This particular Mahavidya is associated with self sacrifices as well as the awakening of Kundalini. Chhinnamasta is "a figure of radical transformation, a great yogini". She conveys the universal message that all life is sustained by other forms of life, and destruction and sacrifice are necessary for the continuity of creation. The goddess symbolises pralaya (cosmic dissolution), where she swallows all creation and makes way for new creation, thus conveying the idea of transformation. The Supreme Goddess is said to assume the form of Chhinnamasta for destruction of the universe. Chhinnamasta is considered a fearsome aspect of the Divine Mother.
Maa Chhinnamasta puja protects a person from these effects: