STATE TIMES NEWS
KATRA: Shat Chandi Maha Yagya organised by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board at the Holy Cave Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi during Navratras for peace and prosperity concluded on Monday with Purna Ahuti on the auspicious occasion of Mahanavmi.
Besides senior officers and staff of the Shrine Board, a large number of pilgrims participated in Purna Ahuti and other religious ceremonies performed amidst Vedic Mantras on the occasion. A group of 27 Pandits led by Prof. Vishwamurti Shastri performed the Maha Yagya. A.K Sahu, Chief Executive Officer of the Shrine Board, stated that during Navratras the Bhawan of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Atka and the area surrounding were specially decorated with flowers brought from various parts of the country and abroad. The Shrine Board had also made elaborate arrangements for the pilgrims who visited the Holy Cave Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi during Navratras, he said. The pilgrims visiting the Holy Cave Shrine lauded the arrangements made by the Shrine Board for their facilitation. They were highly appreciative of the decoration of Bhawan of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji, Atka and the area surrounding with flowers brought from various parts of the country and abroad.
