Dehradun: Chaitra Navratri, starting from Wednesday, will be celebrated this time as Nari Shakti Utsav (Women Power Festival) across Uttarakhand. During this, programs of Goddess worship will be organized in each district. For this, the culture department has released Rs 1,00,000 to all the district magistrates.
Culture Department Secretary Harichandra Semwal said, "On the auspicious occasion of Chaitra Navratri, nine forms of Maa Durga will be worshipped with rituals. Chaitra Navratri has been given special importance in Vedic and Puranas. It has been considered the basis of self-purification and liberation. Worshipping Maa Durga in Chaitra Navratri removes negative energy and positive energy circulates all around."
"Therefore, in view of the widespread religious importance of Chaitra Navratras in the state of Uttarakhand, religious and cultural programs will be organized in all major Devi temples and Shaktipeeths in the state," he added.
"On these auspicious dates of Chaitra Navratri, the government is running a special campaign, keeping in view the above objectives and public sentiments, on the occasion of Navratras, a symbol of the strength and power of mother power, in all the major Goddess Temples / Shakti Peethas of all the districts from March 22 to March 30," he further remarked.
"Till Navratri will be celebrated as Nari Shakti Utsav and it has been decided to organize Durga Saptami / Ramcharitmanas / Devi Gayan / Devi Jagran etc. lessons on this occasion. Women and girls will specially participate in these programmes," he added. (with ANI inputs)
