The main attraction of the eighth day of Durga Puja, known as Ashtami, is Kumari Puja, which signifies the worship of young girls to seek the blessings of goddess Durga. This year's Kumari Puja ...

Kumari Puja will be held at Belur Math and other centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission, including in Bangladesh. Some people with vested interest have been circulating the news that Kumari Puja ...

Or at least that's what those who shared her videos say. But suddenly much of Indian internet sensation Dhinchak Pooja's considerable body of work has been wiped off her channel, prompting ...

Jaipur: Durga Puja celebrations in the city were at their peak on Friday as it was the Mahashtami (the eighth day), considered the ‘biggest day' of the rituals. Almost all puja pandals in the ...

As Ashtami and Navami coincided according to the almanac this year, Kumari Puja was organised at many Durga puja pandals in the city. "The main attraction of Durga Puja is Kumari Puja, which ...

Every day Samita had watched devotees queuing in the family sitting room, while another little girl took up the throne in her old puja room. Now Unika and her family—and the kumari throne—had ...

The word "Kumari" refers to a young unmarried girl, and the ritual of Kumari Puja is all about venerating these girls as manifestations of the divine feminine. As per religious scriptures ...

On Ashtami, the main day of the festival, the Sandhi Puja, symbolising the transition from Ashtami to Navami, is performed with great fervour. Kumari Puja, where young girls are worshiped as ...

The priest and his team conduct both the Durga pujas. At present, Ramgopal Mukhopadhyay’s grandson, Shyamaprasad Mukhopadhyay, is in charge of the Durga Puja. Kumari Puja on Nabami at the puja. The ...