New Delhi: The nation is presently within the midst of a vibrant festive season. With Navaratri in full swing, the continued Cricket World Cup 2023, and with Diwali simply across the nook, your entire nation is in a celebratory temper. Today, India is joyously observing the auspicious eighth day of Navaratri, also referred to as Durga Ashtami.
On this sacred day of Durga Ashtami, varied politicians and ministers paid visits to pandals and temples to supply their prayers to Goddess Durga. S. Jaishankar, the External Affairs Minister, visited the Sarbojonin Durga Puja Pandal at Pandara Road in New Delhi, the place he prayed for the well-being, happiness, and concord of all.
A blessed Mahashtmi.
Prayed to Maa Durga for well being, happiness and concord for all on the Naya Delhi Sarbojonin Durga Puja Pandal in Pandara Road. pic.twitter.com/aggOMNT4iy
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) October 22, 2023
In Hojai, Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the “Ram Krishna Mission Puja Mandap” to take part in a convention spanning over a century, providing his prayers on the event of Maha Ashtami.
महा अष्टमी के अवसर पर मंत्र पुष्पांजलि।
होजाई pic.twitter.com/w0yFiN1pXd
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 22, 2023
Aditya Thackeray, a frontrunner of Shiv Sena (UBT), made a pilgrimage to the famend Mumba Devi temple on Durga Ashtami, extending his needs for the everlasting grace of Goddess Durga upon the folks of Mumbai. On the event of Maha Ashtami, Maharashtra’s Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, joined by his relations, carried out the aarti on the Durgeshwari Devi pandal in Tembhi Naka.
मुंबईकरांच्या सुख दुःखात, संकटकाळात सदैव पाठराखण करणारी, मुंबईचं ग्रामदैवत आई मुंबादेवी!
आज नवरात्रोत्सवानिमित्त मुंबादेवी मंदिरात जाऊन समस्त मुंबईकरांच्या भल्यासाठी साकडं घातलं.
आई, माझ्या मुंबईवर तुझी कृपादृष्टी सदैव राहू दे! pic.twitter.com/8fXKTbor58
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) October 22, 2023
यावेळी देवी दुर्गेश्वरीचे भक्तीभावाने पूजन करून
मनोभावे आरती केली. तसेच तिच्यापुढे नतमस्तक होऊन राज्यातील समस्त नागरिकांना सुखी, समाधानी ठेव, राज्यातील बळीराजाचे दुःख विवंचना दूर करण्याचे बळ आम्हाला दे, कुणाला उतू अथवा मातू न देता एकमेकांचा द्वेष हेवेदावे करण्यापेक्षा सर्वांनी… https://t.co/V3Fe3R4dkZ pic.twitter.com/IhG840mTwI
— Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) October 22, 2023
Durga Ashtami is a big day within the Hindu calendar, marking the eighth day of Navratri and the divine worship of Goddess Durga. This day, alternatively often called Maha Ashtami or Durga Ashtami, falls on October twenty second, signifying a day of nice significance for devotees of Maa Durga as they arrive collectively to have fun this auspicious event.
