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Saptashrungi Devi Temple
Deity: Saptashrungi Devi
Locality: Nashik
State/Country: Maharashtra
Festivals & Rituals
Daily Poojas And Festivals
The temple Opening & Closing time is 6:00AM – 6:00PM.
The most important festival of the Saptashrungi temple is Chaitrotsav, “the Chaitra festival”. The festival starts on Rama Navami (the ninth lunar day in the bright fortnight of the Hindu month of Chaitra) and culminates on Chaitra Poornima (full moon day), the biggest day of the festival. The festival is also attended specifically by childless women making vows seeking blessings of goddess for children. About 250,000 attend the festival on the final day and as many as 1 million gather on the last three days of the nine-day festival. The devotees come from states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Saptashrungi Temple Food Timings
During special festivals like Navratri and poornima, food is offered to all devotees for free. Low cost but clean food is also available in the Priest’s houses. During other days people have to pay a donation of Rs. 15 to get the Prasadam. The timings for food is from 11 AM to 2 PM and 7 PM to 9 PM.
