Devotees throng Durga temples

Hyderabad: The nine-day Navaratri celebrations commenced in the city on Sunday with devotees thronging Goddess Durga temples to offer prayers. Serpentine queues were witnessed outside Shri Kanaka Durga Nagalakshmi Temple at Basheerbagh Crossroads.

Madhushankar Tewari, a priest at the Kanaka Durga-Naga Lakshmi temple, said a large number of devotees from all over the city and other parts of the State visited the temple.