The festival of Durgashtami and Mahanavami is being celebrated across the country today. Goddess Maa is being worshipped from Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh to Kamakhya temple in Assam. At the same time, in Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari temple in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, the goddess has been decorated with 6 kg gold, Rs 4 crore in cash and 10 kg silver. Devi Visarjan and Dussehra will be on October 12. On Ashtami, the goddess appeared in the form of Chamunda and on Navami, she gave darshan to the gods in Maharoop, so these dates are considered special. On these dates, the grand worship and decoration of the goddess takes place in Shaktipeeths. Kanya Pujan is also done. In Devi Shaktipeeths, the grand worship of the goddess takes place on the Ashtami and Navami of Navratri. The goddess is anointed. The goddess is worshiped with flowers and auspicious materials. Chandi Paath and Havan are performed on these dates. Sacrifice is offered at Tantra Shaktipeeths. Pictures of Durga Puja across the country… Also read these news related to Navratri… Ninth day of Navratri – Ground report from Bastar Dussehra: Girl swinging on thorns gives orders to the king, this place has a connection with the chariot of Jagannathpuri. Dussehra will be celebrated with Ravana Dahan on 12 October across the country. But, Dussehra will be celebrated here but there will be cheers for Danteshwari Mata. This tradition has been going on in Bastar for 616 years. Dussehra festival is celebrated for 75 days in Bastar. This time, due to the dates being forward and backward, it will be celebrated for 77 days. It has started from 4 September and will end on 19 October. It is believed that the chariot pulled during Dussehra festival here is related to Jagannath Puri. Read the full news… Durgashtami and Mahanavami today, know the method of Kanya Poojan: The Goddess appeared in the form of Chamunda on Ashtami and in Maharoop on Navami. There is a tradition of special worship of the Goddess on the Ashtami of Navratri. This has been going on since Treta Yuga, when Shri Ram worshipped Shakti to win over Ravana. After this, in Dwapar Yuga also, Shri Krishna told Yudhishthira the method of worshipping the Goddess on the Ashtami (Durgashtami) of autumn season. According to Devi Purana, Goddess and Bhairav appeared on Ashtami. Read the full news…
