Festival · Shakta · West India · Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Kirnotsav
The festival of the sun's rays at the Kolhapur Mahalakshmi temple: twice a year, around the end of January and the start of November, the setting sun comes through a small window in the west wall and falls on the goddess, on her feet first and then higher on the following days.
Sources: Live History India: Kolhapur Mahalakshmi's Tirupati connection; cultureandheritage.org: Mahalakshmi temple, Kolhapur (2022); UNI: Five-day-long Kirnotsav begins in Shree Mahalaxmi temple of Kolhapur · see Kirnotsav's web