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| Devotees celebrate Navratra amid tight security in Jammu | | | Early Times report
Jammu, Mar 23 : Faith can move mountain and it became evident today when sea f devotees thronged to Holy Shrines and Temples associated with Goddess Durga (the ultimate Shakti) to seek her blessings apart from giving serenity of the soul, but also to realise goals in individual lives on the first Navratra.
This realisation becomes more stronger when one watches the 'Bawe wali mata' shrine, witnessing long queues, notwithstanding, devotees who are determined to have the glimpse of the Mata's idol on the first Navratra.
Large number of devotees thronged the different temples in Jammu to offer special prayers and pay their obescience to Godess Durga on the occasion of first Navratra, today.
All the City temples were tastefully decorated befitting the occasion but the main attractor was the historic Kali Temple (Bahu Fort) recorded large number of pilgrims queued up to have darshan of popularly known deity the 'Bawe wali mata'.
Since immemorial times the Bahu Fort temple has a great importance among the people of Jammu city and still attracts large number of devotees from remote and bordering area also visit to pay obeisance not during only navratras but during the calendar year.
Many devotees today visited Bahu Fort to have darshan of the deity of Kali Mata installed in the premises of the Fort. Amidst enchanting of slogans in praise of Mata, hundreds devotees were seen lined up in the premises of the temple very much before dawn while the district administration has made adequate arrangements for the security and smooth conduct of Yatra.
Meanwhile thousands of devotees reportedly thronged the world famous Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine situated in Trikuta Hills of Reasi district to pay obeisance on the first day of the start of Navratra festivity. ''Though heavy rush of pilgrims started last night thousands of devotees reached Katra early morning to trek 13-km long track to Vaishno Devi,'' an official spokesman told.
''Adequate troops have been deployed in Katra and other places of religious importance to ensure peaceful Navratracelebrations,'' a senior police official said, adding that security forces were on high alert to ensure safety of people. |
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