Kanya Pujan is a significant ritual during Navratri where young girls are worshiped as manifestation of Devi. Here's a step-by-step guide to performing Kanya Pujan:
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Invite 9 young girls aged 2 to 10 years.
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Welcome the girls with reverence.
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Wash their feet and make them sit on Aasanas.
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Apply kumkum on their foreheads and tie a holy thread or Kalawa on their wrists.
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Offer them prasad of puri, kale chane, coconut and halwa.
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Give them some gift as a token of gratitude.
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Give them fruits and money as a token of respect.
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Touch their feet and seek blessings.
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At the end, give them some akshat and ask them to sprinkle it in your house.