Ghaziabad: Sanskar Upvan Hosts Kanya Pujan for 231 Girls

Ghaziabad: Sanskar Upvan hosted a kanya pujan ceremony and a community meal on the occasion of Sharadiya Navratri. According to the organisers, 231 girls attended the celebration and received the meal served as prasad. They said 90 per cent of the girls were aged 10 or younger. Guruji Shri Navneetpriya Das Ji was present throughout the programme, while members of the Sanskar Upvan family played the main role in organising it.

In their account of the programme, the organisers listed the sequence as sankirtan, offering of chunri scarves, ceremonial washing of feet, the meal and aarti. The celebration therefore included both the worship ceremony and the serving of food. Photographs supplied with the report show children seated on small, patterned red mats spread across a green lawn. Adults stand nearby, with pink-and-white fabric decorations visible behind the gathering.

Another photograph shows adults standing before seated children beneath a pink-and-white canopy. Some wear yellow or red ceremonial scarves, and one person holds a metal tray. In the photograph of the foot-washing ritual, a child sits on a red chair with a metal basin placed beneath the feet. A person kneeling beside the chair holds a small metal vessel, while other adults and children stand nearby.

The meal photograph shows children eating from compartmented metal trays while seated on mats on the lawn. Clear cups are placed in front of them, and adults are present between the rows. Several children wear decorative red-and-gold headbands. Plants, trees and a pink-and-white canopy are also visible in the background of the gathering.