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🙏 എന്തിന് ആഘോഷിക്കുന്നു

Ashwin Shukla Ashtami is the most powerful day of Navratri; the Goddess is worshipped as Mahagauri, and in Bengal the Sandhi Puja falls at the meeting of Ashtami and Navami.

📖 ഇതിന് പിന്നിലെ കഥ

In the battle with the demons Chanda and Munda, the Goddess took the fierce form of Chamunda at the junction of Ashtami and Navami — the moment of Sandhi Puja, marked with 108 lamps and 108 lotuses. In the North, nine young girls are worshipped as forms of the Goddess, since Durga is believed to live in every girl child.

🪔 എങ്ങനെ ആഘോഷിക്കാം

• Do Kanya Pujan: wash the feet of nine girls and serve puri, chana and halwa
• Offer 108 lotuses or lamps at Sandhi Puja (Bengal)
• Read the Durga Saptashati
• Give the girls small gifts