Where weapons are worshipped

During the Navratri festival different forms of idols of goddess Durga are worshipped. But there is a place in Jharkhand where weapons are worshipped instead of goddess Durga.

If you want to see a different form of prayers come to the campus of the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) at Ranchi. Here weapons are worshipped. The prayer system is almost similar except placing the idol goddess Durga. Read more...............................Where weapons are worshipped instead of Durga

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Where Durga gets a Gun salute during puja

Durga Puja is celebrated by the Jharkhand Armed Police in Ranchi not with the traditional incense and flowers but with a gun salute. And the deity is not a 10-armed idol of the goddess but a 'kalash' or a sacred urn!

What's more... apart from the goddess, sophisticated weapons like Self Loading Rifles, pistols, carbine guns and grenades are also worshipped at the Jharkhand Armed Police-1 (JAP-1) grounds in Ranchi. Read more.......Where Durga gets a gun salute during puja

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