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The oldest community Durga Puja in the US was held in Columbia University organized by the East Coast Durga Puja Association (ECDPA) in 1970. [ 174 ] [ 175 ] While many community pujas are typically held over a Friday-Sunday period, some pujas in the US e.g. organized by Bharat Sevashram Shangha, Paschimi, [ 176 ] Women's Now [ 177 ] and others ...
The 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, also referred to as the 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela, is the ongoing iteration of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage festival celebrating a full orbital revolution of Jupiter around the Sun. It is scheduled from 13 January to 26 February 2025, at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sanyasi performing Vyasa puja: Full moon of Ashadh (Hindu calendar) Guru Purnima is the day devotees offer puja (worship) to their Guru. This was also the day when Vyasa, author of the Mahabharata was born. Mahalakshmi Vrata. or Varalakshmi Vratham. Mahalakshmi performing Mahalakshmi A typical view of the Varalakshmi Vrata Pooja in a South ...
Vijayadashami (Sanskrit: विजयादशमी, romanized: Vijayadaśamī), more commonly known as Dassahra in Hindi-Urdu, [a] and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Nepali, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navarahtri.
Durga Puja is solemnized as perhaps the most significant of all celebrations in West Bengal. [1] ... This page was last edited on 30 January 2025, at 22:39 (UTC).
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.
Durga Puja - from the 2nd to the 7th day of Ashwin month of the Hindu calendar. [9] Krishna Janmashtami - celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna [10] Dolyatra [11] Ratha Yatra, the most popular being Dhamrai Rathayatra. [1] Kali Puja in Diwali [12] Saraswati Puja [13]
Durga Puja in Kolkata (Bengali: কলকাতার দুর্গাপূজা) is an annual festival celebrated magnificently marking the worship of the Hindu mother goddess Durga. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This festival is the biggest festival in Kolkata , the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal .