New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid obeisance to the almighty Goddess Durga almost around ‘sandhikaal’ or the juncture of Asthami-Navami on Tuesday, November 30, at Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir in South Delhi.

He offered puja to the Kali deity in the temple and then participated in the ‘sandhya-aarati’ or evening prayers amidst the rumbling of ‘dhak’ and the tinkling of bells. Kali and Durga are two forms or aspects of Shakti. Sandhikaal is the time when Devi Chamunda manifested to kill the demons Chanda and Munda, say some experts. The time is also associated with Lord Ram invoking the Goddess during his battle against Ravan.

Residents of Chittaranjan Park could not remember an occasion earlier when any Prime Minister of India had paid a visit to their locality during the ausp

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