Durga Mata idols will be installed at 425 places in Ratnagiri district.

Navratri celebrations are going to start everywhere in the district. On Thursday, after house-to-house ghatasthana, Durga Mata idols will be installed at 425 places in the district, photo worship will be done at 62 places, house-to-house ghatasthana will be done privately and public ghatasthana at some places. Garba is also organized in many places. The ‘dhoom’ of Dandiya and Garbya will continue for nine days in the district. Earlier in Konkan, the festival was limited to the temples of the village deities. However, the practice of organizing Dandiya programs by bringing the idol of the goddess to a village and installing it, along with the installation of ghats in the temples of the village deities, has been increasing since some time. The idols of the goddess will be installed in 425 public places and 62 private places in the district. Dandiya program will be organized at 90 places by worshiping the images of the goddess. Garba will be organized in many places and 36 thousand 629 places will be private and 174 places will be public.