By Meetu Verma Nayyar on September 23, 2017
Durga Puja, Kanjak puja, kumari puja, navratras
Customs/Traditions, Featured, Miscellaneous
Kumari pujan was started in West Bengal by Ramkrishna Paramhansa. It is done on eighth or the ninth day of Navratras. In this article we discuss the significance of the kumari puja also known as kanjak puja and its relevance in the modern times.
By usha on October 12, 2015
Durga Puja, Mahalaya
Customs/Traditions, Featured, Miscellaneous
We will now in this article discuss what exactly Mahalaya is and what the significance of the same is. It is a day during the pitru paksha is considered to be an inauspicious time. We have already studied pitru paksha in a separate article but in brief this starts immediately after the Ganesha festival is […]