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| Little girls have a blast on last day of Navratri | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu , April 12:-
Gone are the days when young girls were fed traditional Indian ‘chane-poori’ with ‘halwa’ and gifted Rs 5-10 after the ‘kanjak ashtmi
puja’ ritual on the last day of the Hindu festival of ‘Navratri’. This is the time to savour yummy flavoured food and cherish chocolate
packs, fancy pencil boxes, Hannah Montana water bottles and dainty accessories as gifts which little girls eagerly look forward to.
The city’s little girls had a feast on Tuesday , quite literally, on the occasion of ‘kanjak puja’ as they received pretty gifts from all
quarters. Dressed in their best, the young girls, who were in great “demand” since early morning, could be seen visiting the homes of their relatives, family friends and neighbours to be feted and sent back with big smiles on their happy faces and lovely gifts in their
tiny hands.
"I got a Hannah Montana style dress from my mom while my grandmother gave me a beautiful pair of silver anklets after the ‘puja’ today morning. I’m super excited," exclaimed 5-year-old Tisha.
Another little ‘kanjak’ could be seen jumping with joy when she opened the gift given by her father after the ‘puja’. "I’ve got my favourite set of watches that I’d wanted since long. One of them is pink with a tiny star in the middle and the other one is blue and has a beautiful butterfly on the strap," remarked Amrit Bani, a class 2 student.
Just like Amrit, her younger sister Saachi too smiled as she pointed towards the gifts in her hands. "The gift in my left hand is a
double-decker push button pencil box and the one in the right is a box of chocolates. I’m looking forward to more gifts from my ‘nani’
(maternal grandmother) whom I’m going to visit after the ‘puja’ at my home," she said. Besides the gifts the young girls were also treated to mouth watering delicacies that are considered to be an important part of ‘kanjak puja’.
While the traditional ‘chana-poori-halwa’ was made and savoured in almost every Hindu home on the occasion of ‘asthmi’ today, many prepared special delicacies to be relished by their “little goddesses”. "Every year I prepare ‘chana-poori-halwa’ but kids tend to leave all of it. So this year, along with the traditional ‘kanjaka’ food, I also prepared cup cakes and apple ‘kheer’ that are the favourite of all children. Needless to say, the girls were delighted to be treated to a ‘different’ feast at my home," remarked Anuradha Chahal, a housewife.
Another homemaker, Rinku Bhasin, too, prepared special ‘kanjaka’ food for the girls. "Along with yellow, red and green 'pooris' I made papaya ‘halwa’, fruit cake and chocolate raisin pudding. The kids had a blast," she said with a smile.
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