Bhubaneswar : With Mahalaya being observed as a low key affair amid Covid-19 pandemic, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik extended his best wishes to the state’s people on this auspicious occasion.
CM took to Twitter and wrote; “My heartiest wishes and best wishes to the people of the state on the occasion of the holy Mahalaya. May Ma Durga bless everyone with happiness, peace and prosperity.”
ପବିତ୍ର ମହାଳୟା ଅବସରରେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ମୋର ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଶୁଭକାମନା। ମା’ଦୁର୍ଗାଙ୍କ ଅପାର କରୁଣାରୁ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଜୀବନ ସୁଖ, ସମୃଦ୍ଧରେ ଭରିଯାଉ। #Mahalaya
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) October 6, 2021
Mahalaya, which marks one of the phases of ‘Pitru Paksha’, is also known as ‘Mahalaya Amavasya’ as it falls on a no moon day.
