dharwad people across age groups on wednesday participated in navratri festivities that ended with ravana dahan on vijaya dashami at dharwadthe allout participation came after two years of the covid19 pandemic lockdowns and deathsall temples in the cultural capital of north karnataka displayed different incarnations of the goddess durga special discourses durga daud and religious rituals were held on all days in almost every temple there are over 40 durga temples in the cityone event the people of dharwad were waiting eagerly for was the laxminarayan temple fair during navaratri the nineday fair began on tuesday and ended with dasara celebrationthe 103yearold temple in ravivar pet was the favourite haunt for residents the nineday fair attracted a large number of people from outside dharwad too hundreds of volunteers worked during the nineday utsav to decorate the idols depicting moments scripted in epicsanother venue for navaratri celebration was the venkateshwar temple in reddy colony near saraswatpur in dharwad the allattractive jamboo savari which had to be paused for the last two years due to covid19 restrictions was backtwo tamed pachyderms carrying the howdah of goddess durga went through the important roads in dharwad the march attracted large crowdsover 50 cultural troupes led the procession performing dances sugar minister shankar patil munenkoppa inaugurated the jamboo savari on the premises of bandemma temple at gandhi nagarafter passing through gowli galli malmaddi rayara math hosayellapur the 5 km procession ended at kadapa maidanhubballidharwad mayor iresh anchatgeri organiser gururaj hunasimarad and others were present