For the first time since 1947, Navratri puja was held at the Sharda Devi temple near the Line of Control (LOC) in Titwal village of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. The puja was held on Monday, the first day of Sharad Navratri and a large number of pilgrims from across the country participated in the historic event. Swami Govindananda Saraswati of Hampi along with his followers reached Titwal village on a Rath Yatra from Kishkindha, the birthplace of Lord Hanuman in Karnataka.
