Chaturshringi Temple Navratri festival to be held from September 22 to October 2 in Pune.
Daily religious programs, traditional processions, and a grand palkhi (palanquin) procession with a helicopter flower shower on October 2.
Special parking, security, and medical arrangements to ensure smooth and safe darshan for devotees.
Pune, 20 September 2025: The annual Navratri celebrations at the historic Chaturshringi Temple will begin on Monday, September 22, and continue till October 2, with a series of religious and cultural programs planned by the temple trust. As every year, thousands of devotees are expected to visit the hilltop shrine during the nine-day festival.
Temple trustee and manager Ravindra Angal announced the schedule at a press briefing, saying the festivities will start with the traditional ghatasthapana ceremony at 8:30 a.m. on the opening day. Over the following nine days, devotional music performances by 72 bhajan groups and other traditional rituals will take place inside the temple premises.
The celebrations will conclude on October 2 with a grand palkhi (palanquin) procession, accompanied by dhol-tasha troupes. A helicopter will shower flowers over the procession, adding to the festive spectacle. The temple trust has also undertaken environmental measures, such as converting floral offerings into compost for use on the temple hill.
To manage the heavy footfall, the trust has arranged free parking at the Government Polytechnic Ground, with golf carts to ferry devotees to the temple. Security will be strengthened with personnel from the police, home guards, and paramilitary forces, backed by CCTV surveillance.
Medical teams, including doctors, nurses, and a cardiac ambulance, will remain on standby, while 150 volunteers from Aniruddha Seva Centre will assist in crowd management and emergency services.
Trust officials assured that all efforts have been made to ensure that devotees can have a safe and smooth darshan of Goddess Chaturshringi throughout the Navratri festival.