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| Goddess Maa Durga |
Every year when october month comes we welcome Goddess Durga to earth, and a special worships of Goddesses have begun in different shrines of Odisha. Accordingly, the special Sodasha Upachar puja of Goddess durga has begun, . During the coming 16 days of worship, Goddess Durga Maa will wear different attires. In every Sakti peetha the same rituals held.
The Sodasa Upachar puja will continue for coming sixteen days while devotees will get darshan of the Goddess as She will be attired with different Beshas.
Goddess Cuttack Chandi or Goddess Maa Mangala will be adorned with these famous attires in the coming 16 days: Suna besha, Bhubaneswari besha, Ugratara besha, Raja Rajeshwari besha, Tripura Bhairabi besha, Matangi besha, Jaya Durga besha, Narayani besha, Harachandi besha, Sodashi besha, Bana Durga besha, Gayatri besha, Bagalamukhi besha, Mahakali besha, Mahalaxmi besha, Maha Saraswati besha and Mahisamardini besha.
To witness the special worship of Maa Durga, more numbers of devotees have started to visit the temple. The worship is going on amid execution of all the prescribed rituals. Devotees are seen paying obeisance to the Mother Goddess with lighting lamps amid fragrance of incense sticks and take the blessing of Goddess. From Today Navratri Starts, devotees come to temple to offer prayers.
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, the administration has declared devotees not to crowd the temple to stop spreading of the deadly virus.
Jai Maa Durga, Jai Maa Durga, Jai Maa Durga
