Navratri Day 1: Goddess Shailaputri Is Being Worshiped With Sodasa Upacharabidhi

Odisha: The festive season of Navratri has begun from today. All the Shakti peethas in Odisha are now vibrating with the sound of ‘Chandipatha’ (special holy rituals of Maa Durga).

Today is Prathami. On the first day, Goddess Shailaputri (Daughter of the Mountain) is being worshipped.

On the occasion of this Durga Puja, Sodasa Upachara (16-days worship rituals) Puja is going on in the shrines of Goddesses. Today the Mother Goddess there is giving darshan to devotees in Mahalakshmi besha.

In the puja pandals, the making of the idols is undergo. After the Khadilagi rituals have done on the occasion of Mahalaya, the colour work has started from today for the idols.

In these 9 days, the Mother Goddess will appear to devotees in nine incarnations.