Nagrota Oct 15: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devender Singh Rana on Sunday paid obeisance at Kol Kandoli temple, the first darshans of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji, on the auspicious occasion of the first Navratra. 

Rana prayed to Maa Shailputri for peace and harmony progress across the country and in Jammu and Kashmir. He also performed the Pujas amid recitation of Mantras and Bhaints of The Mata Rani. 

Interacting with the devotees, the BJP leader felicitated the people on the commencement of Navratras and hoped this auspicious occasion to spread peace and amity and inspire people to rededicate themselves to the service of humanity and the country. He invoked the blessings of Maa Durga and prayed for universal brotherhood and the well-being of the people.

“Navratras are the auspicious days when we all should submit before Maa Durga, the divine mother, and seek her blessings for all,” he said and observed that the people of Jammu were blessed to be under the footsteps of Mata Vaishno Devi who has all along showered her blessings upon millions of devotees from times immemorial. 

“We must devote ourselves to the special prayers for mata to overcome all our difficulties,” he said and hoped that Navratras would usher Jammu and Kashmir into a new era of peace and progress.

Rana also hoped that the blessings of Maa Durga would help in the inclusive growth of society and peace across the world.