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Grandly Commenced Navratri Festival: Multitude of Devotees Participate in Special Pujas!
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News18•11-10-2026, 18:40
Grandly Commenced Navratri Festival: Multitude of Devotees Participate in Special Pujas!
- •With the commencement of the Navratri festival, a multitude of devotees participated in special pujas and had darshan at temples in northern states including Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
- •Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered special prayers at the Maa Pateshwari Devi temple in Balrampur on the first day of Shardiya Navratri.
- •Special pujas were held at the Chhatarpur, Kali, and Jhandewalan temples in Delhi to mark the beginning of the festival.
- •Devotees gathered in large numbers from early morning at the Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, and the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir.
- •At the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam, devotees warmly welcomed the Navratri festival by lighting traditional lamps.
Key Questions Answered
The Navratri festival is celebrated for 10 days.
During the first three days of Navratri, it is a tradition to worship the Goddess by personifying her as Durga, Parasakthi, and Kali.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered special prayers at the Maa Pateshwari Devi temple in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, on the first day of Shardiya Navratri.
