Navratri: Maha Navami is being celebrated in many parts of the counrty

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New Delhi/ 10 October 2016. Durga Puja is being celebrated with great fervour and enthusiasm in many parts of the country. 

Today is Maha Navami or  Sharad Navratri which is ninth day of Navratri followed by Dussehra or Vijayadashami the next day.

In the capital, devotees are thronging various Temples to offer prayers to Durga Maa on the occasion of Maha Navami. The Temples that have been decorated beautifully for the occasion.

In Assam, various pandals have been set up reflecting contemporary issues including rhino poaching and women empowerment. Several Durga puja pandals have completed 400 years of celebration in the state. 

In West Bengal, under privileged boys and girls from tea gardens of Darjeeling hills have been chosen to judge the Durga Puja Pandals in Kolkota.

In Odisha, heavy rush of devotees was witnessed at all Puja Mandaps across the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and other towns and rural areas as well. 

President Pranab Mukherjee has called upon the people to take pledge for a cleanliness drive. 

Addressing a gathering at his ancestral place Kirnahar in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Sunday, he said together people can clean this vast country and they must take pledge to follow the cleanliness measures. 

President Mukherjee is staying at his ancestral place in Birbhum for Durga Puja celebrations.