JORHAT, Sept 26: Crowds thronged the pandal of the Ram Krishna Sevashram near the first bridge on the Jorhat Engineering College Road to participate in the Kumari Puja held on Mahashtami today, the second day of the Durga Puja festivities.
Seven-year-old Kumari Akanksha Sharma bedecked in glittering attire and made up to resemble the Goddess was seated near the idol and worshipped as a form of Goddess Durga.
The main priest, Gurudas Chaitanya Brahmachari, who performed the puja came from Naruttam Nagar Ram Krishna Sevashram and was assisted by Kripa Sindhu Chakravarty of Jorhat.
Kripa Sindhu Chakrabarty narrated that Vivekananda at Belur Math in West Bengal began the tradition of performing Kumari Puja in 1901, on Mahashtami day and the practice still continues. The Kumari Puja began here since 2005.
“A Brahmin pre-puberty girl without any blemishes is the criteria for selection of the Kumari”, he said, adding that the family should allow the worship of the girl. Akanksha, who fulfilled these conditions is the daughter of Biswajit Sharma and Ankita Sharma of Borigaon in Jorhat.
Elsewhere, the Brahma Kumari Puja near the Bisturam Barooah Hall also drew crowds with a girls posing as Goddess Durga and a human being in the form of Mahishasura as well. THE SENTINEL
Seven-year-old Kumari Akanksha Sharma bedecked in glittering attire and made up to resemble the Goddess was seated near the idol and worshipped as a form of Goddess Durga.
The main priest, Gurudas Chaitanya Brahmachari, who performed the puja came from Naruttam Nagar Ram Krishna Sevashram and was assisted by Kripa Sindhu Chakravarty of Jorhat.
Kripa Sindhu Chakrabarty narrated that Vivekananda at Belur Math in West Bengal began the tradition of performing Kumari Puja in 1901, on Mahashtami day and the practice still continues. The Kumari Puja began here since 2005.
“A Brahmin pre-puberty girl without any blemishes is the criteria for selection of the Kumari”, he said, adding that the family should allow the worship of the girl. Akanksha, who fulfilled these conditions is the daughter of Biswajit Sharma and Ankita Sharma of Borigaon in Jorhat.
Elsewhere, the Brahma Kumari Puja near the Bisturam Barooah Hall also drew crowds with a girls posing as Goddess Durga and a human being in the form of Mahishasura as well. THE SENTINEL
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