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Tripura: Five-year-old girl worshipped as Goddess Durga on Maha Ashtami
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): While people across the country were seen offering prayers to idols of Goddess Durga on Maha Ashtami, a five-year-old girl here was worshipped as the living embodiment of Maa Durga following an age-old tradition called 'Kumari Puja'.
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Priyanka Chopra stuns all with her presence at Durga Puja celebration
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Global sensation Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who is busy promoting her upcoming flick -- The Sky Is Pink -- was spotted seeking blessings from goddess Durga at the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja Samiti in the city on Sunday.
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Nusrat Jahan offers prayer with husband Nikhil Jain on Durga Ashtami
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Nusrat Jahan who tied the knot with businessman Nikhil Jain in June this year offered her first Anjali to goddess Durga with husband on the occasion of Ashtami in Kolkata.
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Surat: Transgender community takes part in Navratri celebrations
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): The whole country is soaked in the religious fervor of Navratri which is being celebrated in a unique way in different parts of the country.
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WB: Durga idol made of 50kg gold installed at pandal in Kolkata
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 03 (ANI): Continuing their tradition of using precious metals and stones to adorn goddess Durga for the third consecutive year, a puja committee here has installed her idol made of 50 kg gold at the pandal.
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No need to take HC's permission for Goddess Durga idol immersion: Shah in
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday here said that people don't have to take permission from the high court to immerse Goddess Durga's idol anymore after the BJP won 18 parliamentary seats in the state.
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Odisha: 9 days car festival of Goddess Biraja begins in Jajpur
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): A nine-day long car festival of Goddess Biraja began here on Sunday with the presiding deity of the temple being taken on a tour in a beautifully decorated chariot.
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Hyderabad: Devotees throng temples as Navratri celebrations begins in the
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): The auspicious nine-day Navaratri celebration begun on Sunday with devotees thronging temples in Hyderabad to offer prayers.
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Idol-makers witness high demand ahead of Durga Puja celebration in Assam
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): Idol makers are receiving a large numbers of orders as their business is witnessing heightened demand with the festival of Durga Puja around the corner.
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Vijayawada: Nine-day Dussehra festival begins at Sri Kanakadurga temple
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): The nine-day long Navratri festival celebrations at Sri Kanakadurga temple atop Indrakeeladri hill begun on Sunday.
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On Navratri, Priyanka recalls how grandmother Indira Gandhi used to teach
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 29 (ANI): On the first day of Navratri, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra greeted the nation and recalled a moment when her grandmother Indira Gandhi used to teach her a shloka which symbolises Goddess Durga as a divine force, an embodiment of peace, wealth and po
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PM Modi greets people on Navratras
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people Navratras soon after arrival his arrival from the US and said that festival to worship Goddess Durga will be observed in all parts of the country.
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