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Day 4- Grand star-studded Shubho Ashtami Pujo at North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja with *Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Sonam Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Kajol, Jackie Shroff, Rupali Ganguly, Neetu Chandra Srivastava, Sumona Chakravarti, Ishan Puri, Ila Arun, Jaan Kumar Sanu, Nandita Puri, Abhimanyu Singh, Sargam Singh, Vaibhavi Merchant, Rajkumar Rao & Patralekhaa, Palash Dutta, Akasa Singh, Rego B, Rema Lahiri, Govind Bansal, Monika Ganguly, Mohammad Nazim Khilji, Karishma Sharma, Arvinder Singh, Hansa Singh, Surinder Singh, Jyoti Mukerji, Nyrraa Banerji, Gia Manek, Varun Jain, ————— and many more.
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At this time 108 diyas are lit and 108 lotus are offered to Maa. There is a famous story that Lord Ram prayed to Maa Durga offering 108 lotus at her feet in order to defeat Ravan. But to his surprise he found one lotus missing , to replace it ,he wanted to sacrifice his eye and pray to Maa..at that moment Maa appeared in front of him and stopped him..returning the missing lotus to him. She then blessed him for his ” VICTORY”.
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*MAHA NAVAMI PUJA* : On this day, Maa is SIDDHI DHATRI. This Puja starts with Ganapati Puja and then puja of all the other DEV and DEVIS are performed.. followed by Maha Snan of Maa.
*BIJOYA DASHAMI*:- On this day Maa had defeated and killed Mahishashur.
*DEVI PUJA*:- Bhog with curd, honey and milk is offered to Maa.. this is called CHARANAMRIT. The pujari sitting on the Asan takes a flower near the sacred pot and keeps it in the Northern direction because Maa is from KAILASH.
Then the pujari takes the sacred mirror which was on the vessel and performs the ritual of Visharjan. This is the same mirror which was used to welcome Maa because her reflection is on the mirror .
*SINDUR UTSAV*: The married ladies apply sindur on Maa’s forehead and offer sweets after which all the other ladies apply sindur on each other’s forehead. This is followed by KANAK ANJALI when Maa is departing back to her husband’s abode.*VISHARJAN*:- During the Visharjan of the Murti, all the devotees either go to a river bank or sea and immerse the Murti in the water.
*SHANTI JAL*: – The sacred pot is brought back from the river/sea filled with the water where the Murti is immersed. Then the pujari chants the Mantra and sprinkles water with the help of mango leaves on the head of all the devotees for peace and happiness.
*DASSERA*: This is the day of rejoicement, where youngsters touch the feet of their elders seeking their blessings and sweets are distributed
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