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Nagpur: The three-day Mahalaxmi puja forms an integral part of the 10-day Ganesh festival. “Two forms of Mahalaxmi Jayeshtha and Kanishtha are worshipped. I do everything, right from buying clothes, dressing the goddesses and preparing prasad.” Saradkar says that she relies on nobody when it comes to preparing fulora the prasad placed at the altar. “There is no fear while performing these rituals as I believe that the goddess herself guides me,” she says. It is unique to this part of the state for its grandeur and scale of celebrations..