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Kumari Puja The Goddess symbolising MahaShakti descends on the earth yearly to establish divinity. She is accompanied with knowledge, wealth, chivalry and physical strength, the essentials that are required to overpower the evil and embrace the good. The Goddess is worshipped in various forms during her stay here. One of those forms is the "Kumari", the Virgin form. This mould is the most powerful form of Mahashakti. In Mahabharata Arjuna had performed Kumari Puja. The Puranas mention the Kumari form of Chandika. |
Kumari Shakti, basis of all creation |
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Kumari Puja is held on Ashtami or sometimes Nabami. A girl aged between one to sixteen, symbolising the Kumari form of Devi is worshipped in front of the idol of Goddess Durga. The Kumari form of the Goddess was emphasised as the most dynamic form by the devotees since yester years as Kumari Shakti is the basis of all creations. |
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Our scriptures have emphasised Kumari Puja particularly to evolve the purity and divinity of the women of the society. Diminishing the larger than life stature of the Goddess to someone much nearer and closer is the real reason for this form of worship. Sri RamKrishna had said that Kumari is another form of Devi Durga and he himself worshipped Sarada Ma as Kumari. |
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Swami Vivekananda performed Kumari Puja in 1902 at Belur |
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Kumari Puja is prevalent in Belur Math. In 1902, Swami Vivekananda performed Kumari puja for the first time in Belur. In the premises of the Math, in the mandap, in the presence of Sarada Ma, Swamiji worshipped nine Kumari girls. Later with meditation and mantras he worshipped Sarada Ma as Goddess Durga.
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Selecting 'Kumari' |
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| The scriptures mention the great care with which the Kumari is selected to be worshipped as the earthly representative of Devi Durga. The qualities required in the girl has to match the dynamism, purity and serenity of the Goddess. A calm, serene and an unmarried girl with a bright disposition between one to sixteen years, who has not yet reached her puberty and is bereft of desire, worldly pleasures and anger is the right requisite for the Kumari Puja. |
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