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The organising committees of each puja pandal hires a purohita (priest) who performs the puja rituals on behalf of the community. [142] For the priests, Durga Puja is a time of activity wherein he pursues the timely completion of Vedic-Puranic-Tantric ritual sequences to make various offerings and perform fire oblations, in full public view ...
The 64 Yoginis and Matrikas ( forms of Durga) are worshipped during the Durga Puja rituals on Mahashtami. The significance of the Matrikas is interpreted differently in different regions of India. The Ashta Shakti worshipped during Durga Puja are Brahmani, Maheswari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Varahi, Narasinghi, Indrani and Chamunda.
Durga Puja in Kolkata (Bengali: কলকাতার দুর্গাপূজা) is an annual festival celebrated magnificently marking the worship of the Hindu mother goddess Durga. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This festival is the biggest festival in Kolkata , the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal .
Kali Puja (ISO: Kālī Pūjā), also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, [1] is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali.It is celebrated on the new moon day (Dipannita Amavasya) of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwayuja (according to the amanta tradition) or Kartika (according to the purnimanta tradition).
Replica of Rashtrapati Bhavan in Bhanjpur Jagaddhatri Puja 2022 Idol of Maa Jagadhatri at Bhanjpur Jagadhatri Mela, Baripada(2012) Jagadhatri Puja Torana 2012 designed as Lalitha Mahal, Mysore. After Ratha Yatra, Jagadhatri Mela at Bhanjpur Jagadhatri Podia, is the biggest mela of Baripada, Odisha.
Chhath celebration at Rani Pokhari, a 17th-century pond in Kathmandu (2015) Chhath Puja celebration at Azimganj. Chhath Puja is a folk festival that lasts four days. It starts with Kartik Shukla Chaturthi and ends with Kartik Shukla Saptami.
In Karnataka, Ayudha Puja is celebrated by the general public one day before the original festival day Vijayadashami (the Ayudha Puja Day). [ 11 ] Another legend is of a pre-battle ritual involving yagna or ritual sacrifice or as part of the Ayudha Puja (considered a sub-rite of Navaratri festival that starts after the rainy season and is ...
In the structure and practice of puja, the mantras and rituals focus on spirituality, and any petitions and appeals are tacked only to the end of the puja. [23] Zimmer [24] relates puja to yantras, with the rituals helping the devotee focus on the spiritual concepts. Puja in Hinduism, writes Zimmer, is a path and process of transformation of ...