Over 50,000 Devotees Visit Himachal's Naina Devi Temple During Navratri Ashtami

More than 50,000 devotees from across the country visited the famous Shaktipeeth Shri Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, during Shardiya Navratri Ashtami and prayed for the happiness, peace and prosperity of their families.

A large crowd of devotees gathered at the world-famous shrine on the sacred occasion of Ashtami during Shardiya Navratri. Since Sunday was a holiday, large numbers of devotees from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and various other states reached the temple to seek the blessings of Mata Rani.

During the last 24 hours, more than 50,000 devotees had darshan of Maa Naina Devi and prayed for the happiness and prosperity of their families. The arrival of devotees at the temple is continuing.

As part of the Ashtami worship, devotees offered prayers to Maa Durga in her Mahagauri form. They also offered kadah prasad to Mata Rani and made offerings at the ancient havan kund located in the temple premises. Through these rituals, they prayed for peace, happiness and prosperity in their families.

After the Ashtami worship, the worship of Maa Durga in her Siddhidatri form will be carried out on Navami, the final day of Navratri. This worship will be held by 10:30 am today.

Shri Naina Devi temple priest Brijesh Sharma said that devotees were showing great enthusiasm for the Ashtami worship. He said a large number of devotees were reaching the temple to have darshan of Mata Rani.

In view of the large crowd, the temple trust, along with the district administration and the police administration, has made strong arrangements for security and other facilities. These arrangements have been put in place as devotees continue to arrive at the shrine for darshan.

Brijesh Sharma also said that no untoward incident had been reported so far during the Navratri fair. Amid the arrangements made by the administration and the temple trust, devotees are peacefully having darshan of Mata Rani.