These 6 pictures of Kanya Pujan will delight you; CM Yogi Adityanath served food and took blessings from a 6-month-old girl

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath washed the feet of nine girls and Batuk Bhairav one by one and worshipped them. Then he personally served food to everyone. CM Yogi Adityanath during Kanya Pujan

The Gorakhpeeth tradition is to have immense reverence and respect for the mother power. After becoming the Chief Minister, Gorakhpeethadhiswar Yogi Adityanath has expanded this tradition on the practical level through several schemes for women's safety, self-reliance and respect. Strengthening the feeling of respect for the mother power, CM Yogi performed Kanya Pujan as per the tradition of Gorakhpeeth on Wednesday on the Mahanavami date of Sharadiya Navratri. In the Kanya Pujan program organized at Gorakhnath Temple, Gorakhpeethadhiswar washed the feet of nine Durga-like virgin girls, worshipped them with rituals, covered them with a scarf, performed aarti, fed them with devotion, gave them dakshina and gifts and took their blessings. Following the tradition, the Chief Minister also performed Batuk Pujan.

Chief Minister and Gorakshapeethadhiswar Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday washed the feet of nine young girls one by one with water from a brass plate in the dining room on the first floor of the temple's Anna Kshetra. Amid chanting of Durga Saptashati mantras, he applied a tilak of roli, sandalwood paste, curd, and rice grains to their foreheads. He anointed them with flowers and Durva grass. He garlanded them, draped them with a scarf, and offered gifts and dakshina, seeking their blessings.

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During this, he also washed the feet of a six-month-old girl and worshipped her and took her blessings. The Chief Minister also applied tilak to a boy dressed as Hanumanji, garlanded him and covered him with a shawl. After the puja, CM Yogi personally served fresh food cooked in the temple kitchen to the girls and boys. Apart from the nine girls, the Chief Minister also worshipped and performed aarti for the large number of girls and boys who had arrived. Everyone was fed with devotion and given gifts and dakshina.

The eagerness of the little girls and boys to receive the love and affection of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was palpable. With a gesture of respect and affection, the Chief Minister washed the feet of nine girls and Batuk Bhairav one by one and worshipped them.

These girls were overjoyed to receive the donation from CM Yogi. After the puja, the Chief Minister continued to communicate while personally serving food to the girls and boys. He also ensured that no boy or girl's plate was short on prasad. He continued to instruct those involved in the temple's management regarding this.

Present during the Kanya Pujan were Yogi Kamalnath, the chief priest of the Gorakhnath Temple, Jagadguru Swami Santoshacharya Satua Baba, who came from Kashi, and others. Before the Kanya Pujan, Chief Minister Yogi performed the ritualistic worship of Goddess Siddhidatri at the Shaktipeeth of the temple during the morning worship session.

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