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Navaratri 2024: Avoid These Mistakes While Offering Kumkumarchana
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News18•15-10-2026, 10:32
Navaratri 2024: Avoid These Mistakes While Offering Kumkumarchana
- •The nine-day Navaratri festival involves worshipping the Navadurgas with special prayers and rituals including offering Kumkum.
- •Scriptures clarify that unmarried women have the equal right to worship Goddess Durga and perform Kumkumarchana just like married women.
- •Performing Kumkumarchana with devotion during Navaratri helps remove obstacles and doshas delaying marriage for young women.
- •Unmarried women must apply the sacred Kumkum prasad to their foreheads using only the ring finger of the right hand according to Dharmashastras.
Key Questions Answered
Yes, unmarried girls have the exact same right as married women to worship Goddess Durga and perform Kumkumarchana during Navaratri, as scriptures state there is no discrimination in devotion before God and she treats all devotees equally.
Performing Kumkumarchana with utmost devotion during Navaratri is believed to remove all obstacles, hurdles, and doshas in marriage, helping young women find a desirable and suitable life partner.
Unmarried women should use only the ring finger of their right hand to apply the sacred Kumkum or Tilak to the center of their forehead as the Goddess's Prasad, which is considered auspicious according to Dharmashastras.
