On the auspicious occasion of Durga Ashtami, thousands of devotees gathered early in the morning at temples across the country to offer prayers to Goddess Durga. One of the main centers of devotion was Devipatan Mandir, one of the 51 Shakti Peeths, considered a powerful symbol of divine love between Lord Shiva and Goddess Sati.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the Devipatan temple early in the morning, offering prayers and performing gau seva (cow service) as part of the rituals. The temple saw a massive influx of devotees, all arriving with deep faith and reverence for Maa Mahagauri, the form of Durga worshipped on the eighth day of Navratri.Similar scenes were witnessed across the country—in Delhi, Ayodhya, and Prayagraj, devotees thronged prominent Durga temples and Shakti Peeths since dawn. Live visuals from Vaishno Devi temple in Katra showed huge crowds as pilgrims gathered to seek blessings during this spiritually significant time.Navratri, especially Ashtami, holds deep cultural and religious significance, with households also performing Kanya Pujan at home. The atmosphere across temple towns was one of devotion, festivity, and spiritual energy.
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00:00Let's talk about Chaitra Navratri in the bulletin.
00:02Today is the 8th day of Chaitra Navratri.
00:04There is a queue of devotees in temples all over the country for Durga Ashtami.
00:08And in different parts of the country, in Shakti Peeths,
00:11devotees are doing special pooja of Maa Durga.
00:14You can see the pictures.
00:15CM Yogi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh is reaching Balrampur on this occasion.
00:19And this morning, CM Yogi reached Devi Patan Temple and did special pooja.
00:24During this time, CM Yogi also did cow service.
00:27CM Yogi reached Balrampur last night.
00:30Devi Patan Temple is one of the 51 Shakti Peeths in the country.
00:33And this temple is also considered to be a symbol of Shiva and Sati's love.
00:37Today, from the morning itself, there is a huge crowd of devotees.
00:41All devotees are reaching early in the morning to worship the Goddess.
00:44Today is the 8th day of Durga Ashtami.
00:47And today, pooja of Maa Mahagauri is being done.
00:50CM Yogi also reached Devi Patan Temple early in the morning.
00:52And he also did cow service for pooja.
00:56In Delhi, special arrangements were made for Durga Ashtami.
01:01During this time, Delhi's CM Rekha Gupta also participated in the program.
01:04And along with that, a girl's pooja was arranged for Durga Ashtami.
01:07During this time, CM Rekha Gupta met people.
01:10You can see these three pictures of her.
01:12On the special occasion of Durga Ashtami, Rekha Gupta gave chunari and gifts to the girls.
01:18She reached among the girls, did girl's pooja, picked up the chunari and also gave them gifts.
01:23To meet people, CM Rekha Gupta also reached.
01:26And to participate in the program of Durga Ashtami, Delhi's CM Rekha Gupta took these three pictures.
01:32Today is the 8th day of Durga Ashtami.
01:34Pooja of Maa Mahagauri is being done.
01:36And in these 8 days, the importance of girl's pooja is very special.
01:41Many people worship the girls, give them gifts.
01:47On the occasion of Durga Ashtami, CM Rekha Gupta also did girl's pooja.
01:51These pictures are also in front of you.
01:53And she also reached among some people in Delhi.
01:55Met them.
01:56Here you can see these school students.
01:59In large numbers, these students met Rekha Gupta.
02:04And you are seeing some pictures.
02:06These are pictures of different areas.
02:08In different temples of the country, there are long lines of devotees.
02:13You are also seeing pictures of all the Shakti Peeths.
02:16You can see how people have come to the temples of all the Shakti Peeths to worship with devotion.
02:25This temple of Mirzapur, that is, the temple of Dal is in front of you.
02:29Haridwar, Ayodhya, Delhi, Prayagraj, all the Durga temples, Shakti Peeths.
02:36People have been reaching there since morning.
02:38And Mata Vaishnodevi, Katra.
02:40These are pictures of the temple in front of you.
02:44In large numbers, people have also reached here.
02:46And in these 9 days, in large numbers, people reach Shraddhalu to worship Mata Vaishnodevi.
02:53And look at the crowd of devotees.
02:55It is visible that today is the festival of Ashtami.
02:57In this way, on the day of Durga Ashtami, people worship inside the house.
03:01And from morning, they head towards the temples.
03:03They worship there.
03:05Special worship is also important at home.
03:07And at the same time, girl worship is also done during this time.
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