Navratri Kanya Puja Vidhi:
Generally, Kanya Puja starts from the seventh day of Navratri festival but doing Kanya Puja on the eighth day of Navratri (Durgashtami) is the most auspicious day. According to their financial condition, devotees should offer Daan to the little girls to please Maa Durga. Below, you can find the detailed information on Kanya Puja Vidhi in Navratri.
- Invite nine young girls, aged 2-10 to your home and also one small boy. - Prepare delicious meals like Halwa, puri, sweets and chane ki sabji etc for girls. - Light a lamp in front of Goddess Durga and start reading the thirteenth and last chapter of the Saptrishi Path. - Wash the feet of the young girls and apply tikka on their forehead. Also, tie kalawa on their hands. - Serve them food, which you have prepared at home. - After you offer them the Prasad, touch their feet and seek blessings from them. Give them beautiful gifts or money.
Kanjak Puja 2021 Date or Kanya Puja 2021 Date:
It is said that without Kanya Pujan (kanjak) during navratri, the Navratri Anusthan is considered incomplete. During the Ashtami and Navami in navratri, the spiritual fervor reaches at peak. Many people perform Havan at home during these days. Devotees should observe Kanya Pujan during the eighth or ninth day of navratri. This year during Chaitra Navratri, the Kanya Puja 2021 dates are listed below.
Age of Kanya for Pujan:
According to Devi Bhagwat Purana, Devotees should invite small girl’s age group from 2 to 10 years only. Kanya pujan is not completed without the boy so devotees should also invite a small boy, who is considered the form of Lord Hanuman. If there are more than nine little girls at home, then this is not the problem, you should also welcome them and worship them. Devotees will get the following blessing of Maa Durga if they do the Kanya Puja according to below mentioned age.
