Kumari Puja today
Sunday, 6 October 2019
Hindu devotees will celebrate Maha Ashtami at puja mandaps across the country today (Sunday) as part of the five-day Durga Puja, reports UNB.
The main attraction of Maha Ashtami is Kumari Puja where a pre-pubescent girl is worshipped as 'Mother Goddess'.
Thousands of Hindu devotees will throng puja mandaps throughout the country to celebrate Kumari Puja. The celebrations mark the triumph of good over evil.
The worshipped girl symbolises the power that regulates creation, stability and destruction on earth.
The goddess is bathed symbolically and dressed for the final battle.
In old days, a buffalo was offered as sacrifice to the goddess.