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Navratis started today. "Shailaputri (lit. daughter of the mountains) is a manifestation of the Hindu goddess, Durga and is one the first Navadurga's venerated during the first day of Navratri."Wikiepedia

In all 73,70,468 corona cases with 01,12,161 deaths and 64,53,779 recoveries were reported till 16th Oct.in India.

 Quotable Quotes :"The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success."Pramahansa Yogananda