Kanya Pujan

Kanya Pujan is a significant Hindu ritual performed primarily during Navratri, especially on the eighth or ninth day (Ashtami or Navami). In this ceremony, young, unmarried girls, typically aged two to ten years, are worshipped as embodiments of the Goddess Durga. Devotees honor these girls by washing their feet, offering them food (like puri, chana, and halwa), and presenting gifts and dakshina, seeking the blessings of the Divine Mother for prosperity, happiness, and spiritual well-being. This ritual emphasizes the reverence for feminine divinity and purity.

Also known as: Kanya Puja, Kumari Pujan, Kumari Puja, Kanyaka Puja, कन्या पूज़न, कुमारी पूजन