Photos: Devotees offer prayers on first day of 'Chaitra Navaratri'

UP CM Yogi Adityanath offered prayers at Pateshwari Devi temple in Balrampur. (Photo: @myogiadityanath/Twitter)

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami offered prayers at Maa Purnagiri temple in Tanakpur. (Photo: @pushkardhami/Twitter)

Devotees walk towards Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on the first day of 'Chaitra Navratri' festival, at Katra in Reasi district. (PTI photo)

Devotees offer prayers on the first day of 'Chaitra Navratri' festival, at Sheetla Mata Temple, in Gurugram. (PTI photo)

Devotees belonging to Arya Samaj community perform prayers on the first day of 'Chaitra Navratri' festival, in Moradabad. (PTI photo)

Devotees perform 'hawan' on the first day of 'Chaitra Navratri' festival, in Patna. (PTI photo)

A devotee offers prayers on the first day of 'Chaitra Navratri' festival, at the Mata Longa Wali Devi temple in Amritsar. (PTI photo)

Devotees offer prayers on the first day of 'Chaitra Navratri' festival, at the Mata Longa Wali Devi temple in Amritsar. (PTI photo)

A woman carries her child as she walks towards Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on the first day of 'Chaitra Navratri' festival, at Katra in Reasi district. (PTI photo)

Devotees offer prayers to the rising sun on the first day of 'Chaitra Navratri' festival, in Moradabad. (PTI photo)