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Kanjakan (कंजका) – The Essence of Navratri’s Final Day.

On the concluding day of Navratri, many households in North India celebrate the ritual of Kanjakan (कंजका) or Kanya Pujan. Five or more young girls, symbolic of the nine forms of Goddess Durga, are invited into homes. Their feet are washed with reverence, they are worshipped as divine embodiments of Shakti, and then lovingly served […]