In Photos | Bengali Hindus Observe Basanti Durga Puja In Kolkata
Bengali Hindus on Thursday observed Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata. During the festival, young girls who are yet to attain puberty dress up as living goddesses and wait before being worshipped as 'Kumari'.
Updated: 30 Mar 2023 5:15 pm
110Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
Young Hindu girls who are yet to attain puberty are dressed up as living goddesses before being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata
210Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
Young girls who are yet to attain puberty dressed up as living goddesses wait before being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.
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310Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
A young Hindu girl who yet to attain puberty is dressed up as living goddesses before being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.
410Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
A young girl who is yet to attain puberty is dressed up as living goddess before being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.
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510Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
Young Hindu girls who are yet to attain puberty are dressed up as living goddesses before being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.
610Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
Young Hindu girls who are yet to attain puberty are dressed up as living goddesses before being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.
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710Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
Young Hindu girls who are yet to attain puberty are dressed up as living goddesses before being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.
810Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
Young girls with parents wait outside the temple after being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.
910Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
Young Hindu girls who are yet to attain puberty are dressed up as living goddesses before being worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.
1010Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja
| Photo: AP/Bikas Das
A young girl, left, who is yet to attain puberty is dressed up as living goddess and worshiped as 'Kumari' or virgin during Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata.