Durga Puja: Kajol & Ayan Mukerji celebrate Maha-Ashtami with fervour

Durga Puja celebrations run parallel with Navratri, a Hindu festival where nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshipped. festival celebrates Goddess Durga's triumph over 'Asura'.

From early hours of morning, prayers are being offered by devotees on 'Maha Ashtami Puja' For Durga Puja celebrations, huge pandals with idols of Goddess Durga are set-up and devotees come in large numbers to offer prayers to goddess.'Maha Ashtami' is most important day of Durga Puja festival. day begins with 'Pushpanjali' and 'aarti' in Durga Puja pandals. Gracing occasion were Bollywood celebrities Kajol and Syan Mukerji who were snapped at Puja Pandal in Juhu.

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While Kajol wore a mustard yellow saree, with gold Jhumkaas. Ayan Mukerji was seen wearing a traditional red kurta pyjama. Take a look at pictures below- 

Meanwhile, as celebration is in full-swing, pandal-hoppers are thronging in and around.  Back in Kolkata, city is dipped into a festive fever, and as per reports trans community celebrated festival by offering prayers to Goddess Durga on occasion. idol was given a form of 'Ardhnarishwar', which is half Shiva and half Parvati.

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A day back Rani Mukerji, along with Ayan were spotted offering ir prayers to Durga Ma

About festival: 

During occasion, devotees offer prayers to Goddess Durga and listen to traditional music and religious song. On Saturday Nepal, mainly Hindus, also observed Phulpati, seventh day of Dashain festival.Dashain, also kwn as Vijay Dashami, is a major Hindu festival celebrated to mark victory of good over evil. festival is celebrated to remember Lord Ram's victory over Ravana, marking triumph of good over evil. day also marks culmination of Navratri and Durga Puja. People offer prayers at temples of Goddess Durga, prepare feasts and fly kites during festival.