Devendra Fadnavis performs aarti with wife Amruta on Ashadi Ekadashi

Fadnavis has gone to Pandharpur to seek divine blessings.

Landed At Pandharpur..
Amidst the chants of 'Vitthal Vitthal Jai Hari Vitthal' and Abhangs..
Divine experience.. pic.twitter.com/aFJwURR6MO

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) July 14, 2016

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

Performed Ashadhi #Ekadashi Puja at #Pandharpur early this morning.
Feeling blessed and positive! pic.twitter.com/pOke8nEDPh

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) July 15, 2016

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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