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Durga puja mood starts off with the Mahishasuramardini -- a two-hour radio programme that has been popular with the community since the 1950s.[18] While earlier it used to be conducted live, later a recorded version began to be broadcast.
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Visiting pandals with friends and family, talking and sampling the food sold near them is known as pandal hopping. Young people embrace this activity.
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Durga Puja also referred to as Durgotsava or Sharadotsav is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga.
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The prominence of Durga Puja increased gradually during the British Raj in Bengal. After the Hindu reformists identified Durga with India, she became an icon for the Indian independence movement.
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Women, busy with Durga Puja rituals. The festival of Durga Puja starts with Mahalaya, the first phase of the waxing moon in Aswin. Thousands offer prayers to their ancestors at the city's river banks, a ritual called Tarpan.
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Idols being prepared in full gusto for the upcoming Durga Puja celebrations in Delhi. It is a grand festival for most most parts of North and East India, but the most fanatically followed in West Bengal.
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The Durga puja has been celebrated since the medieval period, and has evolved and adapted to the world as time passed.
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According to customs a girl child is worshipped on the ninth day of Durga puja. Durga puja mood starts off with the Mahishasuramardini -- a two-hour radio programme that has been popular with the community since the 1950s.
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Hindu priest performing the rituals and chanting the mantras as he worships the idol of Goddess Durga.
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Bengali women dressed in traditional Bengali Saree pays homage to Goddess Durga in this auspicious festival.
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The worship of Goddess Durga is one of the prime festivals of Kolkata. The actual worship of the Goddess Durga as stipulated by the Hindu scriptures falls in the month of Chaitra, which roughly overlaps with March or April and is called Bas…
West Bengal·ceremony · festival
The Durga puja has been celebrated since the medieval period, and has evolved and adapted to the world as time passed.
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Ritual drummers -- dhakis, carrying large leather-strung dhak ---- show off their skills during ritual dance worships called aarati. Initially the Puja was organised by rich families since they had the money to organise the festival.
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Theme based pandals are the speciality of Kolkata's Durga Puja. Pandals and idols inspired by a particular theme have been the hallmark of many community or Sarbajanin Pujas in Kolkata since the 1990s.
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A thematic pandal gate with a huge statue of an Egyptian pharaoh in a sitting position is a part of Durja Puja celebrations.
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Pandals and idols inspired by a particular theme have been the hallmark of many community or Sarbajanin Pujas in Kolkata since the 1990s.
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During the 4 days of Durga puja, the people enjoy a variety of food and the most popular puja food is roadside snacks in Kolkata.
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Dhunuchi dance one of the important part of Durga Puja performed by devotees during Durga Puja.The Durga Puja at Chittaranjan Park in New Delhi is one of the most prominent ones in the whole of North India.
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At the end of six days, the idol is taken for immersion in a procession amid loud chants of 'Bolo Durga mai-ki jai' (glory be to Mother Durga') and 'aashchhe bochhor abar hobe' ('it will happen again next year') and drumbeats to the river o…
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The Durga Puja at Chittaranjan Park in New Delhi is one of the most prominent ones in the whole of North India.
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Whatever might be the weather condition, the grand festival of Durga puja is never hampered. In Kolkata alone more than two thousand pandals are set up, all clamouring for the admiration and praise of the populace.
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Flower market during Kolkata Durga Puja. Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Durga Puja also referred to as Durgotsava or Sharadotsav is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga.
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