Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister and Gandhinagar Lok Sabha MP Amit Shah and his family today attended the Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav at Bahuchar Mataji Mandir in his native place Mansa town in North Gujarat. A two-day mahotsav started yesterday.

Shah visits the Bahuchar Mataji Mandir besides his native house in Mansa every year on the second evening of Sharadiya Navratri and performs darshan and aarti along with his family members. The Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav of same mandir was organized to install the murti of Goddess bahuchar mataji in the new larger mandir built beside the original mandir.

On the first day on 19th October, a shat chandi yagya was performed in the presence of Amit Shah’s family, followed by a Shobha Yatra procession through various routes of the city. Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s family members joined the Shobha Yatra in the same way as common citizens and also participated in Garba dance with the people.

Today on 20th October, the Pran Pratishtha was performed at the hands of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his family at 12.39 pm after poojan. The bhojan prasad was also arranged after the completion of yagya. Shah had specially traveled to attend the ceremony. DeshGujarat