During this, CM Chouhan showered flower petals on girls, washed their feet and served food to them. The chief minister also fed the girls with his own hand on the occasion.
'Jawar' is placed in a mud pot called 'Khappar' and it is installed on the first day of Navratri. It is a traditional form of worshipping Goddess Durga when the statues were not so popular. After the worship, the immersion of Jawar takes place on the last day of Navratri.
As the Navratri festival entered its last day today, devotees thronged the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra to get a glimpse of Goddess Durga.
Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar participated in the 'Kanya Puja" ceremony of 1001 girls in Azad Park ground, Gaya On Sunday.
The Kanya Puja ceremony was organized by Seva Bharti on the 'ashtami' of Navratri
On the auspicious occasion of Maha Ashtami, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today paid obeisance at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, said an official statement.
Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee on Sunday offered prayers at Hazra Park Durgotsab Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata on the occasion of 'Maha Ashtami', the eighth day of Navratri.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday offered prayers at a Durga Puja pandal in Raja Bazar in West Bengal's Kolkata on the occasion of 'Maha Ashtami', the eighth day of Navratri.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday offered prayers at the Shitala Mata temple in Bihar's Patna on the occasion of 'Maha Ashtami', which is the eighth day of the Navratri festival.