Agartala, Oct. 19 -- Kumari Puja was solemnly held on Monday with conventional religious observances and sincere devotion at Dhaleswar Ramakrishna Mission in Agartala on the occasion of Maha Ashtami.

A large number of devotees and visitors assembled at the mission grounds to present their prayers and observe the venerable ceremony. The entire state is enveloped in a celebratory atmosphere as residents observe Durga Puja with considerable enthusiasm and reverence.

Adhering to longstanding customs, Kumari Puja is arranged at multiple locations throughout the state on the sacred occasion of Maha Ashtami. In keeping with this practice, the ceremonial veneration of the divine feminine embodied in a young girl, was performed at Dhaleswar Ramakr...