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The word puja is roughly translated into English as 'reverence, honour, homage, adoration, or worship'. [3] Puja (পুজো / পুজা in bangla), the loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine, is the essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the ...
The non-Bengali Durga Puja rituals tend to be essentially Vedic in nature but they too incorporate esoteric elements making the puja an example of a culmination of Vedic-Tantric practices. [ 132 ] Historical evidence suggests that the Durga Puja has evolved over time, becoming more elaborate, social, and creative.
Throughout the Bengali calendar, many festivals are celebrated. 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.
Bipodtarini puja includes many rituals like the fasting observed by majority of women on the day of the puja. The tying of the red colored "taga" on the wrist is also one of the significant customs. The taga is a kind of thread considered to be made sacred through the various rituals on the event of the puja. [9] [10]
Barowari (Bengali: বারোয়ারি) refers to the public organisation of a religious entity, mainly in West Bengal, India. Barowari has significance associated with the Durga Puja festival, in which the Hindu Goddess Durga is worshipped; symbolising the victory of good over evil.
Jagatdhatri or Jagaddhatri (Bengali pronunciation: [d͡ʒɔɡod̪ʱːat̪ɾi] ⓘ, lit. ' Bearer of the World ') is an aspect of the Hindu goddess Durga, worshipped in the Indian state of West Bengal and other states like Odisha and Jharkhand.
Ras festival mainly part of Vaishnavism.During the time of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Rash Yatra was started in Nabadwip as a Vaishnava festival.While the Ras festival primarily centers around Vaishnavism, commemorating Lord Krishna's divine play, the Shakta Ras reflects a unique integration of Shakta (Goddess-centric) traditions within the Ras celebrations.
The puja season begins with the Vishwakarma Puja and is followed up by Durga Puja—the last four days of Navaratri—the greatest and largest Bengali Hindu festival. [ 5 ] [ 125 ] [ 126 ] It is the commemoration of the victory that teaches none is good and none is evil.