Devotees offered prayers and participated in the early morning Aarti performed at Surat's Ambaji Temple on the eighth day of Shardiya Navratri on Thursday.
The occasional morning aarti was performed at the Jhandewalan temple in the national capital on Tuesday early morning on the sixth day of Shardiya Navratri.
Earlier on October 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to fellow Indians on the first day of Navratri, wishing everyone an "auspicious" festival.
People all over the nation celebrate Navratri with fervour and enthusiasm as the festival gets underway. Visitors from abroad join the locals in Jamnagar to watch the youth perform a Garba.
As in the festival of Sharadiya Navaratri begins, temples across the country witnessed a surge of devotees coming together to celebrate the fifth day of the nine-day festival dedicated to worshipping Goddess Durga.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel expressed his happiness after 31 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with police in the Maad area on the Narayanpur-Dantewada border and congratulated the security personnel.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Saturday expressed his happiness after security personnel killed 31 Naxalites in a two day operation in the Maad area on the Narayanpur-Dantewada border, asserting that Naxalism will 'end and peace will be established' in Chhattisgarh.
The delegation of content creators from the US and Western Europe planted saplings at Humayun's Tomb complex in support of the 'Ek Pedh Maa Ke Naam' campaign.
In a major crackdown on left wing terrorism, security personnel killed 31 Naxals in the Maad area on the Narayanpur-Dantewada border in a two-day operation, the police said.
Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsava or Shaaradotsava, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga, and also celebrates Durga's victory over Mahishasura.
Chattisgarh Assembly Speaker & former Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday termed the encounter of 31 Naxalites in in the Maad area on the Narayanpur-Dantewada border as a 'huge sucess', saying that the vision of Home Minister Anit Shah has done a great job in the double-engine governm