Amit Pandey, Dongargarh. In Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh, more than 8500 Jyoti Kalash Mahavir Talab was immersed late on Sunday night (Navami). At the conclusion of Chaitra Navratri, a large number of devotees reached the court of mother Bamleshwari. This time too, apart from the country, devotees from abroad also lit a flame in the name of mother. Out of Jyot Kalas, 7455 temples, 905 below temple, and 69 were ignited in the Shitala Mata Temple. The special thing is that devotees from countries like America, Dubai, Canada, New Jersey, Qatar also burnt the Jyot in the Maa Bamleshwari temple. All Jyot was immersed in Mahavir pond.
Let me tell you, the immersion program lasted till late Sunday night, which continued till about three o’clock. During this time, when hundreds of women came out from the temple from the temple to the pond, it felt as if the stars had landed on the ground. The whole city was illuminated with the light of devotion. The Jyot Yatra, which took place as a tableau, started from Bamleshwari Temple below and reached Mahavir Talab via Mumbai-Howrah rail track, Sheetla Temple. The traditional ‘Mai Jyot’ was also met in the Sheetla temple, which is a tradition of years old.
To protect the devotees, the Railways took a block of about three hours on the Mumbai-Howrah road, so that this huge event of Shraddha could be completed in a safe and peaceful manner. The team of clarinet players from Salecasa in Maharashtra played devotional music throughout Navratri. From Aarti to Jyot Yatra, the atmosphere remained devotional with the melodious tunes of the clarinet every day. Navratri of Dongargarh is not only a worship recitation, but a tradition of faith for a mother Bamleshwari that connects thousands of people every year.