Devotees on Friday thronged puja pandals across the state to offer obeisance to Goddess Durga as part of the auspicious Mahastami day, the second of the four-day festival.
Hundreds and thousands of devotees chanted hymns of the Goddess as people from near and afar made a made a que at the Puja Pandals to offer Anjali ( the offerings).
The Mahastami is also the time for Kumari Puja where a little girl, symbolizing a young virgin is honored as a goddess.
