India Celebrates Navratri festival

Devotees wait in queues to offer prayers at Vindhyavasini temple on the first day of Navratri festival.

Devotees with 1.5 Kms long Chunari take out a Yatra on the beginning of Chaitra Navratri festival in Bhopal.

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture with a message Keep our Sea Clean at Chivla Beach, Malvan in Sindhudurg district of Maharahtra.

Devotees queue up to offer prayers at the Vindhyavasini Temple on the first day of the Navratri festival in Mirzapur.

Women burn firecrackers to celebrate the Hindu New Year during the Chaitra month in Allahabad.

Women play with colours to celebrate the Hindu New Year during the Chaitra month in Allahabad.

Devotees offer prayers to Maa Alopi Shankari Devi on the first day of Chaitra Navratri festival at the Alopi Devi Mandir in Allahabad.