{"id":491467,"date":"2023-10-14T11:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T06:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=491467"},"modified":"2023-10-14T11:41:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T06:11:20","slug":"pm-modi-mahalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/pm-modi-mahalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi extends his greetings on Mahalaya, seeks Maa Durga\u2019s blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings to the nation on the auspicious occasion of Mahalaya. The day marks the beginning of Durga Puja festivities at the end of Pitru Paksha. The occasion of Mahalaya is believed to be an invitation to Goddess Durga to descend upon the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote that on this revered day of Mahalaya, he prayed that Maa Durga blesses everyone\u2019s lives with strength, wisdom and prosperity. He added that may this special occasion be a beacon of courage, harmony and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On this revered day of Mahalaya, we pray Maa Durga blesses everyone\u2019s lives with strength, wisdom, and prosperity. May this special occasion be a beacon of courage, harmony and prosperity. <br><br>Shubho Mahalaya!<\/p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1713062097553383505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The dawn of Mahalaya holds a special significance to the millions of Bengalis waking up to the rhythm of the Sanskrit recitations, Chandi Path by Birendra Krishna Bhadra. The Chandi Path describes the epic battle of goddess Durga with the demon king Mahishashura. The fervour and festivity surrounding Durga Puja and Navaratri start on this auspicious occasion of Mahalaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are some Mahalaya wishes that you can share with your family and friends:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wishing you a very happy and blessed Mahalaya! May the goddess Durga bless you with good health, wealth and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subho Mahalaya! May the goddess Durga fill your life with happiness, peace and contentment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May the goddess Durga bless you with the strength to overcome all challenges in life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May the divine blessings of the goddess Durga shower on you and your family on this auspicious occasion of Mahalaya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this Mahalaya, may the goddess Durga bless you with a loving family and good friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May the goddess Durga protect you from all diseases and illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this Mahalaya, may the goddess Durga guide you to achieve your goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we welcome the goddess, may she bestow her grace upon us. May she bring peace, love, and happiness to our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fervour and festivity surrounding Durga Puja and Navaratri start on this auspicious occasion of Mahalaya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":491469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,125714],"tags":[160967,1399],"yst_prominent_words":[88712,57416,3946,21970,6625,6619,3710,29010,20876,4396,6620,6618,26693],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14114007\/images-35-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491467"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=491467"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=491467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->