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Sanjhi
Sanjhi festival is mainly celebrated by the unmarried girls in rural Punjab and Haryana during navratras before dusshehra.〔http://www.indovacations.net/english/HaryanaandPunjabFestival.htm〕
==Sanjhi Puja==
Sanjhi is the name given to images of the Mother Goddess, which are made of cowdung paste and are molded into various shapes such as stars, moon, sun, or the face of the goddess, and they are given different colors. The local potters make images of various body parts like her arms, legs, face decked with ornaments and weapons. These additions make the image look beautiful and gracious. The additions to the image this way depend upon the economic means of the family. 〔http://www.haryana-online.com/sanjhi.htm〕
The image is designed on the first day of the nine days of Durga Puja or navratras. Every day women from neighbourhood are invited for singing evening psalms and performing aarti. The young girls also gather there and offer their adoration to the mother who is believed to get them suitable husbands. the psalms or the bhajans are chanted daily and some elderly woman guides others. It is usually an all females event. Sanjhi image is prepared on the wall by those families who seek fulfillment of their wishes termed mannat bu Panjabis. some people also seek her blessings for the marriage of their daughters. Kirtan is performed and the image is immersed in water on the last day The Sanjhi festival ends with the immersion of Sanjhi on the day of Dussehra.〔http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030924/punjab1.htm〕
The girls offer prayers and food to the goddess every day.
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