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Yellow is Basant panchami color. Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, learning, arts and music in the Hindu traditions. Date: 4 February 2014, 01:28: Source: Lakshmi Figure for Vasant Panchami Festival - Kolkata - India - 01: Author: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada
Traditional Durga [1] A Durga puja pandal Characteristic neon light images glow as late night revellers throng the streets of Kolkata during Durga Puja. Durga Puja, held in September–October, is the biggest and most important festival of West Bengal as well as of Kolkata. It marks the victory of ten-armed goddess Durga over the buffalo demon ...
Vasant Panchami, also rendered Vasanta Panchami [4] [5] and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways depending on the region.
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Durga Puja is solemnized as perhaps the most significant of all celebrations in West Bengal. [1] Here is a list of the main festivals of West Bengal. Main festivals
Dakshineswar Kali Temple or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini (Kali), a form of Mahadevi or Parashakti Adya Kali, otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika. [1]
The date of the puja is decided by the luni-solar Hindu calendar. [46] In 2012, the "Sarbajanin Maa Jagadhatri Puja" [47] has been started from 21 November. But the mela continued from 26 November to 7 December (for the first time it was for such a long period of 13 days). As the puja was celebrating its Diamond Jubilee for completing 60 years.
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