Large number of devotees participated in Shat Chandi Maha Yagya and offered their sacrifices in havan kund
Prayagraj: At the Shaktipeeth Maa Kalyani Devi Ji’s Dham, Atarsuiya, the crowd of devotees remained uninterrupted from 5.30 am to 12.30 pm to have darshan of Maa Kalyani’s Kaalratri form. A grand decoration of the Mother Goddess in the form of Kaalratri was done. Devotees in long queues got to see the decoration from 6 pm to 12.30 am, chanting the name of Mother Kalyani. Pt. Sushil Pathak performed the Maha Aarti at 7 pm and the Shayan Aarti at 1 am, and explained that Mother Kaalratri destroys negative demonic powers, hence the negative powers of the devotees who worship her are destroyed.
At 5.15 am, Pt. Shyam Ji Pathak performed Mangala Aarti and said that Saptami is the day of Maa Kaalratri, therefore today Maa Kalyani was adorned in the Kaalratri form with a sword, skull, and a garland of human skulls in her hands and was seated on Lord Shiva in a supernatural manner and in the afternoon, Maa Kalyani was anointed with Mahabhishek and offered Bhog. Devotees from far off places and the city participated in the Shat Chandi Maha Yagya and performed Havan Puja.
Media in-charge Rajesh Kesarwani informed that on the Ashtami of Navratri, October 17, Maa Kalyani ji will be adorned in the form of Goddess Mahagauri. Maa will be mounted on a bull and will hold a trident, lotus, lotus flower and Varmudra in her hands. Maa’s entire adornment will be done with gold ornaments and jasmine and rose flowers. Maa’s sanctum sanctorum will be decorated beautifully with various types of decorative materials. On Ashtami, a special lamp will be lit in Maa’s temple at 6 pm which will burn continuously for forty-eight hours. Acharya Santoshanand Maharaj, Anil Pathak, Rajesh Kesarwani, Sudhir Pathak, Krishna Kumar Pathak, Mahendra Tiwari etc. will be involved in the arrangements of the fair.