Navratri Fair Kicks up with Great Pomp and Show In India

Temples in Himachal Pradesh too flooded with devotees

Hamirpur, April 06 (QNB)

Billions of Devotees  throng to various religious temples in the country to pay their obeisance. The major temples of Mata Durga and her different symbols including Mata Baglamukhi, Brijeshwari, Chamunda and Jwalamukhi in Kangra, Kalibari in Shimla, Shoolini in Solan,  Mata Trilokpuri  and Renuka in Sirmour , Naina Devi in Bilaspur, Tarna in Mandi, Hadimba in Kullu, Hatkoti in Rampur, Chintpurni in Una and many more such temples were flooded with devotees. Other temples including  Shiva temple at Baijnath, Baba Balak Nath at Deotsidh. Significantly, with the onset of Navratri Festival the rush of pilgrims to hundreds of temples in the state increase every year. The holidays in schools add to the rush of religious tourism in the state too.