His image is carried around the
bot
three times in a kind of
pradakshina-like procession, one evening
prior to the start of the ten day festival. The first three nights of the festival are devoted to the terrible and destructive Kali or
Mahakali, the next three nights are held in honour of the gentle and prosperous
Lakshmi and the last three nights the wise and knowledgeable Sarasvati is worshipped.
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