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[12] [13] Durga Puja is a ten-day festival, [14] [8] of which the last five are of the most significance. [15] [13] The puja is performed in homes and public, the latter featuring a temporary stage and structural decorations (known as pandals).
It also marks the first day of the Hindu ... the nine-day Navratri festival and with the tenth day of the Durga Puja festival. ... edited on 24 October 2024, ...
2024 date: 12 October [3] ... and some northern states of India, Vijayadashami marks the end of Durga Puja, ... The deities installed on the first day of Navaratri ...
[10] [11] Literally, it means placing a kalasha or a pot, which symbolizes goddess Durga. Ghaṭasthāpanā falls on the first day of the festival. On this day the Kalash is filled with holy water and is then sewn with barley seeds. Then the Kalash is put in the center of a rectangular sand block. The remaining bed of sand is also seeded with ...
As per the Markandeya Purana, Durga Puja can be performed either for 9 days or 4 days (last four in sequence). The four-day-long Durga Puja is a major annual festival in Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand and Bihar. [2] [24] It is scheduled per the Hindu luni-solar calendar in the month of Ashvina, [87] and typically falls in September or October ...
In Bengal, Mahalaya (Bengali: মহালয়া) (Mahalaya Amavasya) usually marks the beginning of Durga Puja festivities. Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Bengalis, is celebrated annually during the Hindu calendar month Ashvin (September and October). The celebration begins with Mahalaya. [12] Mahalaya is the day when the goddess ...
Traditional Durga (details in external link Durga Puja, the biggest festival) 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 ...
A Durga idol in Cuttack with a tarakasi crown. Durga Puja (ଦୁର୍ଗା ପୂଜା) occurs in the month of Ashvin (October and September). It is a 10-day-long festival. During the period, goddess Durga is worshipped in Shakti peethas or temporary shrines called pandals. Navratri refers to the first nine