Kumari Puja in Kamakhya Temple

Young girls dress as Living Goddess Kumari participate during the Kumari Puja as part of Navratri - a festival of nine days when devotees worship Goddess Durga at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, India on Oct 25,2020. Hundreds of devotees throngs revered Kamakhya temple in Guwahati for Kumari Puja organised during Navratri, in which young girls are worshiped. Kumari Puja is held at the Kamakhya temple every year prior to Durga Puja celebrations that began on the first day of Durga Puja and end on “Navami” (the ninth day of the Navratri festival). The tradition is as old as that of the origin of Kamakhya temple.