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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.
Shakrain — in Dhaka at the end of the Poush of the Bengali calendar. [45] Jatiya Pitha Utsab — National Pitha (Cake) Festival. [46] Charak — 3-day-long festival in Pabna starting on the last day of the Bangla month of Chaitra. [47] Joy Bangla Concert — annual concert to mark the 7 March Speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; Nouka Baich [48 ...
Magh (Bengali: মাঘ) is the tenth month in the Bengali calendar. [1] This is the last month of the two months of winter season.This month correspond with January and February in Gregorian calendar.
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.
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 ...
Date Name Remarks English Bengali 21 February Language Movement Day: শহীদ দিবস Protests and sacrifices to protect Bengali as a national language during Bengali Language Movement of 1952. 26 March Independence Day: স্বাধীনতা দিবস Proclamation of Independence and the start of the Liberation War.
[11] [12] The Bikrami calendar was in use by the Bengali people of the region. This calendar was named after king Vikramaditya with a zero date of 57 BCE. [13] In rural Bengali communities, the Bengali calendar is credited to "Bikromaditto", like many other parts of India and Nepal. However, unlike these regions where it starts in 57 BCE, the ...
Ayudha Puja and Saraswati Puja: Observances: ... The Navami (ninth) day of Navaratri: 2024 date: 11 October 2024 ... This page was last edited on 8 February 2025, ...