 During the three day long festival goddess Kanaka Durga assumes the form of Shakambhari or Banashankari Amma of the Banashankari Amma Temple, wherein prayers are offered to the Goddess to bless all vegetables, agriculture and food so that they are plentiful and capable of nourishing the multitude.Shakambari festival is from 25 July to 27 July in 2018, as it is celebrated from Shukla Paksha Thrayodashi to Purnima, of Ashadha month every year.Goddess Shakambhari temple is situated in Shivalik Mountain range near to Saharanpur Uttar in Pardesh.