In photos: Ahead of Navratri festival, devotees carry Maa Durga's idol to pandal in Mumbai

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Devotees welcome Goddess Durga ahead of Navratri festival. Pic/Shadab Khan

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A week before the Navratri festival, devotees carry goddess Durga's idol to pandal from the Lalbaug-based workshop.

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As the Navratri festival is just around the corner, people gathered to welcome goddess Durga to their pandals

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Navratri is a nine-day-long festival that is dedicated to worshiping nine avatars of Goddess Durga

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Many devotees took part in the procession at Lalbaug to welcome the goddess

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This year, the Navratri festival commences on September 26