GORAKHPUR (UP), Sep 29: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Gorakshapeethadhishwar Yogi Adityanath on Monday performed the traditional Mahanisha Puja on the occasion of Sharadiya Navratri Ashtami at Gorakhnath Temple late in the evening.
Following the temple’s centuries-old tradition, the rituals were conducted with Vedic chants and a sacred ‘havan’, with the chief minister seeking blessings of Goddess Adishakti for universal welfare, an official statement issued here said.
Earlier in the day, CM Adityanath, who arrived in Gorakhpur from Lucknow, paid obeisance at the Budhiya Mai temple in the Kusmhi forest before reaching the Gorakhnath temple. (PTI)
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