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Basanti Puja Day-2 : Kumari Puja marks Maha-Ashtami across Tripura Durga temples, pandals
TIWN March 29, 2023
Basanti Puja Day-2 : Kumari Puja marks Maha-Ashtami across Tripura Durga temples, pandals
PHOTO : Kumari Puja marks Maha-Ashtami across Tripura Durga temples, pandals. TIWN Pic March 29, 2023

AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Like every year, Kumari Puja was held on the day of Maha-Astami day as an important part of the day’s ritual. Ashtami puja is considered as the holiest day of Durga puja. In Agartala Royal Durga Bari and Durga, Kali temples across the state and puja festivals in clubs and homes massive crowd was witnessed during morning puja where devotees offer “Anjali” on Ashtami. A girl who is below 16 is worshipped as Kumari on Durga puja to signifies the purity of the soul. In Anandamayi Asram also, the ritual was followed in the presence of hundreds of devotees.

According to Mythology, Basanti puja started in prehistoric times when the Indian saints started celebration of the festival in this season for peace.  At that time the goddess had asked the saints to worship her in the form of Kumari or virgin who later grows to mother and hence this ritual started.  It is believed that King Surath and Samadhi Vaishya met Medha Muni while they were wandering in the forests after losing their kingdoms. Medha Muni suggested to them to perform Basanti Durga Puja to get back their lost kingdoms. 

Goddess Durga symbolises women’s internal strength, win of Good over Evil. She is also the universal mother of the each living being on earth.

The four-day-long Basanti Puja which is held in Spring season is as same as Durga puja in Autumn, and infact it is said that Basanti Puja is the real Durga puja since ancient times though it has lost popularity and the main celebration was shifted to the Autumn season since Lord Rama had worshipped Durga Goddess before a battle during Autumn season.

 

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