<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra joined the nation to celebrate 9-day-long festival of Shardiya Navratri festival dedicated to Maa Durga and her nine avatars with its traditional festivities. The state is a home of three and half shakti peethas these shakti peethas temples are goddess Mahalakshmi Temple, in Kolhapur, goddess Tulja Bhavani Temple at Tuljapu, goddess Renuka Temple at Mahur and goddess Saptashrungi Temple of Vani.These temples today marked the first day of the festivity known as Kalash or Ghatsthapna. More in this report…<br />''<br />''For the first time after two years Corona pandemic in the Maharashtra, this year's 'Navratri' festival celebrations began without any restrictions as per state government's directions. At Karveer Nivasini Goddess Shree Mahalaxmi temple in Kolhapur, main purohits of the temple performed an offering or Abhishek for the Ghatsthapna ritual.<br />''<br />''The Sharadiya Navratri festival of Kulaswamini Sri Tuljabhavani of Maharashtra started in Tuljapur today in a religious atmosphere. Goddess Tuljabhavani's statue was enthroned early in the morning in the traditional way in the temple. All pujas were performed with chanting accompaning traditional instrument Sambal. Later, Ghata Kalash was worshiped in the traditional way and a procession of Ghata Kalash was taken out from Gomukh Tirtha. On behalf of the temple management and district administration, an online darshan arrangement has been arranged on the official website of the temple institute </span><a href="http://www.shrituljabhavani.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.shrituljabhavani.org&source=gmail&ust=1664289508054000&usg=AOvVaw2NdnA4nIA5GD00p8pNeczR">www.shrituljabhavani.org</a><span style="color: #222222;"> for the convenience of the devotees.<br />''<br />''The Navratri festival has started from today in Shree Saptashringi Devi Temple in Vani near Nasik. This is considered as the adorable deity of North Maharashtra. In the morning, a procession of the ornaments of the Goddess was taken out, after which Maha Puja was performed by the Board of Trustees and after the Maha Aarti, the temple was opened for the devotees. Due to the renovation of the core of this temple, the darshan of the goddess was closed for devotees for about two months, it has been opened from today. Meanwhile, the administration has put restrictions on private vehicles going to the fort while the State Transport Corporation has planned 250 extra buses every day for the devotees.<br />''<br />''Early morning 'Aarti' was performed at the prominent Mumba Devi Temple in Mumbai on the first day of Navratri today. Scores of devotees thronged to the temple. Meanwhile, heavy deployment of police personnel has been arranged in all the prominent temples across the state. </span><br />