Tag: Maha Ashtami

In the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, mandaps have started witnessing a large footfall of women who are observing 'vrat'.

Bhubaneswar: Dusshera celebrations reached the peak with Maha Ashtami puja today. Devotees made beelines at puja pandals and shrines to perform the rituals. Amid ‘hulahulis’ and chanting of hymns, devotees offered prayers to Goddess Durga in temples as well as the grand pandals set up across the city. Devotees adorn themselves in new clothes and […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid ‘hulahulis’ and chanting of the ‘chandi path’, devotees thronged various pandals and shrines across the State to offer specials prayers to Maa Durga on the auspicious occasion of Maha Ashtami today. Adorned in new clothes, devotees were seen flocking the puja pandals since morning in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Balasore, Sambalpur and other towns […]

Bhubaneswar: Devotees are thronging several puja pandals and Shakti Pithas on the occasion of the ‘Maha Ashtami Puja’ of Goddess Durga across Odisha today. Clad in new sarees, women devotees queued in front of various puja pandals to perform special pujas and offer their reverence to Devi Durga on the special day today. Maha Ashtami […]