Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah yesterday inaugurated a Shri Ram Temple-themed Durga Puja pandal in Sealdah, West Bengal

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah yesterday inaugurated a Shri Ram Temple-themed Durga Puja pandal in Sealdah, West Bengal.

In his address on this occasion, Shri Amit Shah said that yesterday he had come here only to seek the blessings of Maa Durga. He said that Maa Durga always fought to protect the truth and killed many demons from Raktabeej to Shumbha-Nishumbha. Shri Shah said that these nine days are the days of festival for West Bengal when all the pandals across the Bengal are immersed in the devotion of the Maa Durga.

Maa Durga always fought and killed many demons from Raktabeej to Shumbha-Nishumbha to protect the truth, these nine days are the days of festival for West Bengal when the whole of Bengal is immersed in the devotion of the Maa Durga

Union Home Minister said that during Navratri the entire country worships Maa Durga in different forms. In Gujarat, worship is done by decorating the Mandap of Maa Durga, in Eastern India, people worship Shakti in Durga Puja pandals and in North India also people worship Shakti through many rituals. Shri Amit Shah said that he has come to pray to Maa Durga for happiness, peace and prosperity for the people of the entire country including Bengal.

Union Home Minister says he has come to West Bengal to pray to Maa Durga for happiness, peace and prosperity for the people of the entire country including Bengal and to seek Maa Durga’s blessings

He said that he also prayed to Maa Durga to give the strength to end corruption, injustice and atrocities in Bengal soon. He added this Durga Pandal is spreading the message of Ram Mandir all across the world even before its completion in Ayodhya.

Disclaimer: This is an official press release by Pib.