A large number of migrant residents of Uttarakhand, local citizens, and representatives of various organisations were present at the special programme organised on this occasion.
The morning Aarti was held at Chhatarpur's Shri Aadya Katyayani Shaktipith Mandir in the national capital on the sixth day of the nine-day-long Chaitra Navratri festival on Thursday.
The deities Malyappa, his consorts and Sudarsana Chakrathalwar were ceremoniously brought in a decorated palanquin where Snapana Thirumanjanam (celestial bath) was performed to the deities in a grand manner amidst chants of Veda mantras.