Durga Puja

Durga Puja is widely celebrated with great joy all over India, particularly West Bengal in worship of Goddess Durga. Singing, dancing, sweets & fun are an essential part of the Durga Pooja Festival. People send Durga Puja Gifts to near and dear and express good wishes.

His autumnal carnival recalls the power of women Shakti symbolized by the Goddess Durga who slays asura to reestablish peace and sanctity on earth again. It refers to entire the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Bijoya Dashami.

Durga Puja Festival

Durga Puja is also know Akalbodhan in Bengal. Durga Puja signifies the victory of good over wicked. Throughout the Puja, they sport new clothes and keep away from non-vegetarian food to pay obeisance to the Goddess. The Durga Puja well-known in autumn is the biggest festival celebrated in Bengal. It is said that on this auspicious Rama worshipped Godess Durga in autumn for getting influence for his battle against Ravan.

Durga Puja Celebration

The major celebration of Durga Puja is done in Kolkata, where the whole city is lightened up. Highly deliberate and decorated pandals and its icon are created to gain the competition of mass popularity. This is the picture in different other districts of west Bengal where more and more spell bounding and mesmerizing pandals.

Bengali Durga Puja

Durga Puja is the largest festival in Bengal. The last five days of puja are when the Bengalis who have made the city their home head to the pandals all over the city and expend their days and nights celebrating the return of Durga to her mother's house. During the Durga Puja in Ashwin month the trendy faith in Bengal is that Goddess Durga visits her parents along with her sons and daughters.

DURGA PUJA CALENDAR