Yavatmalcha Durgotsav यवतमाळचा दुर्गोत्सव

Durga Festival of Yavatmal has a tradition of150years.Yavatmal stands First in Maharashtra and Second in the rank of d celebration of this festival,all over India. The beginning of DurgaFestival has a history of long back. It was surrounded with dense forest. There was a temple of Sh*talaMata(one of d sisters of MaaDurga)at the entrance of the village. Whenever any disaster would befall,people wo

uld pray to Goddesses Sh*talaMata. In1890,there was an epidemic of plague. People prayed to Goddesses Sh*talaMata to get rid of this epidemic. It is said that with the worship of Sh*talaMata d effect of plague decresed. From then, there has been a tradition of celebrating Navaratra Utsav in the village. In1906 this village was renamed as Yavatmal. Currently, there are more than 2000+ DurgaUtsav Mandals in whole Yavatmal city. Huge pedals,live statues of MaaDurga & eye catching lighting attract the attention of visitors. Most of the Mandals have celebrated the Silver Jubilee. Thus this festival became a Milestone in the history of Yavatmal. Once in life, One should definitely visit Yavatmal,during Navaratra Utsav to see it's gaiety and grandeur :)