Celebration is underway outside the BJP headquarters in the national capital as Nitin Nabin is set to take charge as the party's national president on Tuesday.
Punjab's Amritsar also saw large gatherings as devotees offered prayers and witnessed the traditional 'Prabhat Pheri' at the Shri Harmandir Sahib on the first day of the year.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bansuri Swaraj on Friday offered prayers at Jhandewalan Temple in the national capital on the fifth day of Navratri, a festival dedicated to the nine forms of Goddess Durga.
Speaking to ANI, Delhi Minister Ashish Sood said, "...I prayed for the good health of the people of Delhi by offering prayers at Kalkaji Temple on the holy occasion of Navratri..."
On the auspicious start of the nine-day religious festival, devotees are thronging temples in several parts of the country today to offer prayers to Goddess Durga in her nine forms. Large gatherings were also witnessed at Kalkaji Temple and Jhandewalan Temple in Delhi.
As the festival of Sharadiya Navratri began on Monday, devotees thronged temples in the national capital to offer prayers to Goddess Durga and her nine forms.
Maa Siddhidatri is worshipped on the ninth day of Navratri. She is considered to be the ninth incarnation of Goddess Durga. Siddhidatri is a Sanskrit word that means giver of meditative ability. She mounts on a lotus, and it is said that she killed the demon 'Mahishasura' on the ninth day
The morning Aarti was held at Chhatarpur's Shri Aadya Katyayani Shaktipith Mandir in the national capital on the eighth day of the nine-day-long Chaitra Navratri festival on Saturday.