Reasi: Visitors at Vaishno Devi Bhawan during the ongoing Navratri festival, at Katra in Reasi district, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.
Navi Mumbai: An artist gives final touches to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival at a workshop in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee begins the ‘puja’ of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival, at Naktala Udayan Sangha in Kolkata, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.Baikonur: In this handout photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency, Russian Space Agency, experts help actress Yulia Peresild to stand up after inspecting her space suit prior to the launch to the International Space Station, ISS, at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a veteran of three space missions, to make a feature film in orbit.Ghaziabad: Indian Air Force aircrafts during the full dress rehearsal for the 85th Air Force Day parade at Hindan base in Ghaziabad, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.Ghaziabad: Commandos stand guard in the backdrop of fighter jet Rafale during the full dress rehearsal for Air Force Day Parade at Hindan Air Force base in Ghaziabad, Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021.Hindan: Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Akash Ganga team demonstrate their skills during the full dress rehearsals for the 85th Air Force Day parade at Hindan Air Force base, Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021.
Sharjah: Rohit Sharma of Mumbai Indians loses his bat while playing a shot during Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, in Sharjah, UAE, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021Sharjah: MP Shashi Tharoor during match 51 of Indian Premier League between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, in Sharjah, UAE, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 27/78 Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the winners of the Teacher of the Year All-Russian contest via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 **EDS: TO GO WITH STORY MDS1** Thiruvananthapuram: Devotees during the procession of Navaratri idols on the way to Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, in Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, Oct. 05 , 2021Noida: Workers prepare a stage ahead of ‘Ramlila’ at a stadium in Noida, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021.Stockholm: Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Goran Hansson, center, flanked at left by member of the Nobel Committee for Physics Thors Hans Hansson, and member of the Nobel Committee for Physics John Wettlaufer, right, announces the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in ‚Äúthe physical modeling of Earth‚Äôs climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming‚Äù. The second half of the prize was awarded to Giorgio Parisi for ‚Äúthe discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scalesKolkata: Hindu devotees decorate Goddess Durga at a community puja pandal ahead of Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021.Mumbai: A boy looks on at a clay idol of the Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop, ahead of the nine-day long ‘Durga Puja’ festival, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021.
Kolkata: An artist works on a pandal depicting the plight of farmers in the country and their ongoing agitation, ahead of Durga Puja Festival in Kolkata, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021
Gurugram: Silhouette of a man during sunrise in Gurugram, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021
Pushkar: An artist gives final touches to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of ‘Durga Puja Festival’ in Pushkar, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021.Albuquerque : A group gathers around Joey and Lilly, “The Little Bees” balloons at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, N.M., during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021
Ranchi: An artisan paints an idol of Goddess Durga at a studio ahead of Durga Puja festival, in Ranchi, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021Probir Kumar Misra looks on as his daughter prepares a ‘rangoli’ on the floor ahead of Durga Puja festival, at his residence cum museum in Kolkata, Monday, Oct 4, 2021. Shakti Mata Devi vishwadarshan is an iconic mythological unique museum that houses in 422 forms, icarnations and shrines of Goddess Shakti located all across the universe. The collection spreads 27 countries and is the first of its own kind. All deities are framed under the same roof in one one room. Deities include idols of Nava Durga, Nava Ratri Shakti Mata and Dusmahavidya. The museum cum residence located in New Alipore, South Kolkata.Rotterdam: Greenpeace climate activists paddle ashore after Dutch police broke up a protest at a Shell refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. A coalition of environmental groups launched a campaign calling for a Europe-wide ban on fossil fuel advertising ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, which start in Glasgow on Oct. 31st, 2021Dubai: Two large puppets sit off to the side of Iran’s pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Dubai has gambled billions to make the gleaming, built-from-scratch Expo village a triumphant tourist attraction and symbol of the United Arab Emirates itself ‚Äî a feast for the eyes devoid of politics and built on the promise of globalization. But even as nations use their pavilions for benign infomercials, the political turbulence of the wider world somehow manages to intrudeAgra: Miss India International 2021 Zoya Afroz and Miss Multinational Divija Gambhir during their visit to Taj Mahal in Agra, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021San Diego : Norway’s Casper Ruud holds up the championship trophy after defeating Britain’s Cameron Norrie to win the final match of the San Diego Open tennis tournament ‚ÄãSunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in San Diego**EDS: HANDOUT PHOTO MADE AVAILABLE FROM PRO ON SUNDAY, OCT. 4, 2021** Washington: Shree Saini becomes first Indian-American to win Miss World America 2021
Devi Brahmachari is worshipped on the second day of Navratri. She is considered as the unmarried form of Goddess Parvati. The word brahmacharini in Vedic texts means a female who pursues the sacred religious knowledge.
