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In contemporary India, Durga Puja is celebrated in various styles and forms. [136] In Bishnupur, West Bengal, Durga Puja holds a unique and significant place. The district boasts the Rajbari Durga Puja, also known as the Mrinmoyee Maa er pujo, which dates back to 994 AD. This makes it the oldest Durga Puja in the entire Bengal region ...
Kojagiri (Lachhmi Puja): harvest festival marking the end of monsoon season; Paata Puja (Durga Maay Aagmon) Khutti Puja (Ritual of Durga Puja) Mohalaya; Durga Puja: a ten-day festival, [20] [21] of which the last five are of the most significance. [22] is an important festival in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism.
Kojagiri (Lachhmi Puja): harvest festival marking the end of monsoon season; Paata Puja (Durga Maay Aagmon) Khutti Puja (Ritual of Durga Puja) Mohalaya; Durga Puja: a ten-day festival, [24] [25] of which the last five are of the most significance. [26] is an important festival in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism.
The interaction between human and deity, between human and guru, is called a Darshanam. [4] In Hindu practice, puja is done on a variety of occasions, frequencies, and settings. It may include a daily puja done in the home, or occasional temple ceremonies and annual festivals.
Vasant Panchami (also called Saraswati Puja by Bengalis and Odias) is celebrated for the blessing of Saraswati, goddess of wisdom and the arts. [6] Thaipusam or Kavadi: Murugan during Thaipusam: The full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai Thaipusam is a Hindu festival predominantly celebrated by the Tamil community.
The primary responsibility of members of the priesthood class is to conduct daily prayers at the local temple and officiate Hindu rituals and ceremonies.A pujari assumes that all visitors to their temple wish to bear witness to a darshana, an auspicious vision of the murti, the temple idol, that serves as a representation of a given deity within the sanctum sanctorum.
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 Durga is believed to have descended to Earth.
Even today, people celebrate Chhath festival with great pomp at Luv-Kush Ghat on the banks of Gandaki river located in Indo-Nepal border. [39] The Chhathi Maiya is worshipped on the Chhath festival, which is also mentioned in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana. It is said that the Chhath Puja was started in the holy city of Varanasi by Gahadavala dynasty.