Hindus across the country are celebrating Kumari Puja today as part of the five-day Durga Puja festival. The main attraction of Maha Ashtami is Kumari Puja where a pre-pubescent girl is worshipped as "Mother Goddess". In Dhaka, hundreds of Hindu devotees offered Anjali (prayers) before the virgin Goddess at Ramkrishna temple seeking blessings for peace, prosperity, welfare, fraternity and a change in their fortune. Meanwhile, Hindu devotees celebrated the Maha Saptami yesterday, the second day of Durga Puja. On the seventh day (Mahasaptami) of Durga Puja, the goddess started her epic battle against Mahishasura which ended with his death on Bijaya Dashami (the 10th day).