Over 1.25 lakh pay obeisance at Bajjreshwari Temple

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Kangra, March 28

Nearly 30,000 pilgrims paid obeisance at the Bajjreshwari Temple here today on the concluding day of the Chaitra Navratras, coinciding with Ram Navami. With this, the total number of pilgrims who visited the shrine during the festival has reached about 1.25 lakh. Lakhs of devotees visited the Chamunda Devi shrine and Jawalamukhi during Navratras in this district.

Devotees thronged the Bajjreshwari Temple in the wee hours today and long queues were witnessed during the day.

Aditya Negi, SDM, Kangra, said Sat Chandi Mahayagya, which started on the first Navratra in the temple, culminated today with “pooran ahooti”, which was offered by Sudhir Sharma, Urban Development Minister. He said pilgrims from Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir visited the Bajjreshwari Temple, one of the 52 Shakti Peeths, during the Chaitra Navratras.

Negi said during the last seven days of the Navratras, a sum of Rs 20.74 lakh had been collected as part of the offerings by devotees at the temple, besides 19 gm gold and 5 kg of silver.

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