Navaratri Festivities at the Village Deity’s Temple

Kanive, Oct 23: The Navaratri festival was celebrated with great devotion at the shrine of the village deities—Banadolagina Doddamma and Chikkamma—in Huluse village, Kushalnagar taluk.

Members of the local women’s self-help groups (Stree Shakti Sanghas)—namely Mookambika, Prakruthi, Jnanajyothi, Netravathi, and Kaveri—organized special prayers in the presence of the villagers. In the morning, various *abhishekhas* (ritual ablutions) were performed for the deities.

Subsequently, the idols were adorned with a variety of flowers, garments, and ornaments, followed by the *Maha Mangalarathi* (grand ritual offering of lamps). Married women (*sumangalis*) were honored with *arishina-kumkuma* (turmeric and vermilion) and bangles. Chitrakumar and Manjunath conducted the religious rituals. Present on the occasion were office-bearers of the women’s groups—Ashwini, Shubha, Dakshayini, Ratna, Renuka, Prema, Yashodha, Mallige, Tejambike, Shanthi, and Reshma—along with Shivananjappa, the president of the village temple committee. The event concluded with the distribution of *prasada* and a community feast (*annasantarpane*) for the gathered devotees.

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