The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has directed district magistrates across the state to prepare grand cultural programmes at temples of goddess Durga and shaktipeeths throughout the nine days of Chaitra Navratri. According to the circular issued to district officials on March 10, Akhand Ramayana and Durga Saptashati will be recited at all the temples during Chaitra Navratri which will begin on March 22.