The Aryavarth Express
New Delhi: The occasional morning Aarti was performed at New Delhi’s Jhandewalan Devi Temple on the eighth day of Shardiya Navratri on Thursday.
Maa Mahagauri is worshipped on the eighth day of Navratri. Maa Mahagauri is the eighth incarnation of Goddess Durga.
During the nine-day Navratri festival, devotees worship Maa Durga’s nine incarnations in order to obtain her blessings. During these nine days, people maintain ritualistic fasts, recite slokas dedicated to each goddess, wear new clothing, offer bhog, and clean their homes.
Hindus observe four Navratri’s throughout the year, but only two—Chaitra Navratri and Shardiya Navratri—are widely celebrated, as they coincide with the changing of the season. In India, Navratri is celebrated in various ways.
In North India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh, the Ramlilla, a dramatic reenactment of scenes from the Ramayana, is organised.
The festival concludes with Vijaydashami, marked by the burning of King Ravan’s effigies.
