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Devendra Fadnavis performs aarti with wife Amruta on Ashadi Ekadashi

Updated on: 15 July,2016 04:21 PM IST  | 
mid-day online correspondent |

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Friday greeted his followers on the occasion of 'Ashadi Ekadashi' on Twitter after performing aarti at Pandharpur with wife Amruta

Devendra Fadnavis performs aarti with wife Amruta on Ashadi Ekadashi

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Friday greeted his followers on the occasion of 'Ashadi Ekadashi' on Twitter after performing aarti at Pandharpur with wife Amruta.





Fadnavis has gone to Pandharpur to seek divine blessings.

Fadnavis and his wife Amruta performed a maha-puja (grand prayer) at the Lord Vitthal temple in Pandharpur.

In Mumbai, large crowds gathered at Vitthal temple in Wadala to perform puja on the auspicious occasion. The 400-year-old Vitthal Mandir, will see nearly four lakh people this Ashadi Ekadashi. (Read more)

Lakhs of devotees gathered at Pandharpur, located in Solapur district of western Maharashtra, on the occasion.

Ashadi Ekadashi is celebrated on the eleventh lunar day of the bright fortnight (Shukla paksha) of the Hindu month of Ashadha (June and July). Ekadashi marks the culmination of pilgrimage, called 'waari', that devotees undertake from across the state on foot to reach the temple town.

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