Navratri 2020

Devi Temples in India Allow Live Darshan of Goddesses

The current Navratri Festival is very unique in that all of Shak Devi's teeth have been closed due to the ongoing lockout nationwide.

Although the special Navratri ritual worship of the goddess is led by internal priests, the devotees missed the joy of darshan they expected during the festival.

Given the inability of the faithful to visit any devi shrine in India, several temples now give live broadcasts of the worship and darshan of the deities.

The Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine regularly broadcasts daily cults, special rituals and live broadcasts of the deities enshrined in the holy cave located on Trikuta Mountain in Katra, Jammu.

On the other hand, the Devi Sharda temple located in the city of Maihar can have the darshan of the deity online on their mobiles and laptops. However, in order to control the spread of the coronavirus, the Maihar temple administration canceled the Navratri fair, which was to be held this season.

Suresh Agarwal, magistrate of the Maihar subdivision, told TOI that live television broadcasting was authorized as a measure to ensure that the faithful could have darshan. So far, around 2,000 visitors have seen the television broadcast on the official temple website. In addition, no one has yet tested positive for coronavirus in the district of Maihar.

On the other hand, the administration of the district of UNA will direct the aarti of Devi Chintpurni online during Chaitra Navratri Mela. The Chintpurni temple is one of the nine major sawtooth of Himachal Pradesh.

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