As Navratri celebrations sweep across the country, even prisons are joining in the festive spirit, revealing a side of prison life often hidden from public view.

While the outside world is filled with devotion and joy, prisoners also get the opportunity to remain connected to their religion and faith. These inmates celebrate Navratri through fasting, prayers, and bhajan-kirtan. The prison administration respects their religious sentiments, allowing them to observe fasts and perform pujas, thus making them part of this sacred festival.

If a prisoner wishes to fast, they must inform the jailer. During Navratri, inmates in Indian prisons are provided with fasting food according to their religious beliefs, as mentioned in the Model Prison Manual 2016 and various state prison manuals. This ar

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