Chaitra Navratri celebrations began in Uttar Pradesh with special rituals at Kashi Vishwanath, Ashtabhuji Mata Mandir, and Alop Shankari Devi Shakti Peeth Mandir. Devotees gathered to offer prayers and participate in traditional ceremonies.
"Devotees flock to the temple according to occasions and accordingly there is also a bit of divinity in the rituals and worship performed to the lord. Today is Shani Amavasya, so thousands of people are visiting Lord Mahakal temple to seek blessings," priest of the temple Mahesh Sharma told
Visuals from West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and several other states showed communities performing the ritual in their unique ways.
Serpentine lines stretching far and wide leading to the Pashupatinath temple, Hindu devotees have been observing Maha Shivaratri with devotion, prayer and rituals.
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Chouhan, accompanied by his wife Sadhana Singh Chouhan and sons Kartikey and Kunal, visited the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, where they performed rituals in devotion to Baba Mahakal (Lord Shiva). Afterwards, the family spent some time in the Nandi hall of the temple and was seen engrosse
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