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English: beautiful patna from golghar (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A view of Takht Shri Harmandir Saheb, Patna. Harmandir Saheb, Patna City. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: the beautiful sunset... (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: picture taken in patna (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

View of the Ganga from Patna (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: City of Patna, on the River Ganges, 19th century. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Exhibition Road (patna) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Aarti (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Lamps in preparation for evening aarti, at Ganga Ghat, Varanasi. プージャーの燭台準備中 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Incense smoke Aarti, Ganges, Varanasi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: one of the best thing about patna is ganga aarti.... (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Ganga Aarti at Varanasi ghats, (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Evening aarti with incense at Ganga ghat, Varanasi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Morning Ganga Aarti, Varanasi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Multi-tiered aarti stand being lit, during Ganga Aarti, Varanasi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: An aarti plate used in Hindu worship. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The daily Ganga Aarti ceremony (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Hooded aarti stand, during Ganga aarti, Varanasi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Ganga aarti at Varanasi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Maha Navami is the penultimate day of Durga Puja. It is on the ninth day of the Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of Moon) in the month of Aswin. The rituals culminate with the Aarati, a devotional offering where lamps are lit amid great clouds of incense. A great sense of festivity can be sensed around the Puja pandals and the Dhunuchi Naach is performed to the intoxicating beats of the "Dhaks". It is the grand finale before the "Visarjan" or immersion on the next day of Vijaya Dasami. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)