New Delhi: Navratri is being celebrated with great fervour across the country as devotees in large numbers flocked to temples to seek blessings on the auspicious occasion. In Uttarakhand, grand arrangements were witnessed at Haridwar's Maa Mansa Devi Temple, where devotees offered prayers and participated in a special aarti. "During Shardiya Navratri, devotees offer prayers to the Goddess with great devotion, presenting items such as betel leaves, coconut, and other offerings according to their heartfelt devotion. In Jammu and Kashmir, devotees thronged the Mata Vaishno Devi Temple in Katra, chanting 'Jai Mata Di' along the way. Navratri celebrations also began in Rajasthan, where hundreds visited Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort to offer prayers at the Chamunda Mata Temple.