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Gauri represents purity and austerity. She is the Kanya (young, unmarried) Parvati who had undergone severe penance in order to get Lord Shiva as her husband. Sita, the consort of 
Lord Rama
, had worshipped Gauri to fulfill her desire to marry Lord Rama.

Unmarried girls worship Gauri in order to get a virtuous husbands.

 

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