The Indian Ambassador to Germany participated in Durga Puja celebrations at the Ganesh Temple in Berlin, where children and adults celebrated the Goddess through songs and plays, the Indian Embassy in Germany shared on Wednesday.
The ritual reflects the Peeth's deep reverence for Matru Shakti, a sentiment Yogi Adityanath has further translated into action through various schemes for women's safety, empowerment, and dignity since becoming the Chief Minister.
The Chief Minister extended his greetings to everyone on this auspicious occasion and highlighted the role of Matru Shakti and Nari Shakti in instilling new inspiration.
Devotees stood in line stretching to all the possible corner and turnings circumnutating the Basantapur Durbar Square while he-goat and he-buffalo continued to be sacrificed on the open square in front of Gaddhi Baithak.
Devotees are arriving at the Vaishno Devi Temple on Wednesday in large numbers from early morning on the auspicious day of Maha Navami, the ninth and final day of Navratri. The temple is decorated with colourful flowers, welcoming the pilgrims.
Kuttu Veerasaiva, Tantri of Pettah Melamkode Ishakkiyamma Temple, has created a spectacular Bommakolu display featuring 7,400 figurines at his residence, Shaktikripa, in Thiruvananthapuram, as part of the Navratri celebrations.
While thousands of devotees thronged various Shaktipeeths across Himachal Pradesh on the occasion of Durga Ashtami, the state capital, Shimla, witnessed unique celebrations at the historic 200-year-old Kalibari Temple, where the local Bengali community performed rituals in a traditional styl
The two-and-half year old goddess passed the selection process which included a traditional trial of bravery. On Tuesday she was brought to the Taleju Bhawani temple carried by her father on arms parading through the city where thousands of people queued in line to get a glance of her.
Traditional offerings, such as seer thattu, other sweets, savouries, and symbolic items, including mangalsutra threads, were distributed to married women visiting the temple.
On the eighth day of Sharadiya Navratri, also known as Maha Ashtami, a large number of devotees flocked to the Vaishno Devi temple in Raja Park, Jaipur, to offer prayers. Devotees began arriving at the temple from early morning, and the goddess's idol was specially adorned to mark the occasi