New Delhi: Kanya puja is celebrated on the eighth and ninth day of Navaratri. Nine young girls representing the nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshiped and it is a custom to wash the feet
significance of kanya puja during navratriImage Source : INDIATV
If the worshiper is desirous of acquiring knowledge then he should worship a Brahmin girl child.
If he is desirous of acquiring power, then he should worship a Kshatriya-girl child.