Aarti was performed at the Jhandewalan Mata temple on the third day of Shardiya Navratri on Saturday morning. The festival is celebrated with great devotion across India, with rituals and prayers honouring the goddess in her various forms.
On this day, Goddess Durga is worshipped in the form of Mata Chandraghanta.
In Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundaraswarar temple, also known as Meenakshi Amman Temple is decorated with colourful lights during the Navratri Festival in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bansuri Swaraj participated in a Mata Ki Chowki event in Safdarjung Enclave on Friday night.
“I am very happy to be here. I hope Goddess Durga blesses us all,” Swaraj said.
Earlier, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma offered prayers at the Maa Tripura Sundari temple in Banswara.
Maa Chandraghanta is depicted with ten arms, each holding a weapon, a lotus flower, or a gesture of blessing (Abhaya Mudra).
Navratri, which means ‘nine nights’ in Sanskrit, is dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga and her nine avatars, known as Navdurga.
Hindus observe four Navratris throughout the year, but only two–Chaitra Navratri and Shardiya Navratri–are widely celebrated, as they coincide with the changing of the seasons.
In India, Navratri is celebrated in various ways. In North India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh, the Ramlila, a dramatic re-enactment of scenes from the Ramayana, is organised. The festival concludes with Vijayadashami, marked by the burning of King Ravana’s effigies.
