Thursday 1 October 2015

Essential Guide for Durga Puja Festival in 2017

Durga Puja is a Mother's festival Goddess, and the triumph of the adored warrior Goddess Durga over the malicious bison evil presence Mahishasura.
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At the point when is Durga Puja?

Durga Puja is commended amid the most recent five days of Navaratri and Dussehra. In 2015, Durga Puja happens from October 18-23. The Grand drenching of Durga icons will happen on October 23, 2015. The celebration's dates are resolved by lunar logbook.

Where is it Celebrated?

Durga Puja is commended in West Bengal, especially in the city of Kolkata. It's the greatest and most essential event of the year there.

Bengali groups in different areas crosswise over India observe Durga Puja also. Significant Durga Puja celebrations occur in both Mumbai and Delhi.

In Delhi, head to Chittaranjan Park (Delhi's smaller than normal Kolkata), Minto Road, furthermore the city's most established customary Durga Puja on Alipur Road at Kashmere Gate. At Chittaranjan Park, the must-see pandals are Kali Bari (Kali Mandir), B Block, and the one close Market 2.

In Mumbai, the Bengal Club holds an amazing conventional Durga Puja at Shivaji Park in Dadar, which has been occurring there since the mid 1950s. A fabulous and hip Durga Puja happens at Lokhandwala Garden in Andheri West. Numerous superstar visitors go to. For a hard and fast Bollywood party, don't miss the North Bombay Durga Puja.

What's more, the Ramakrishna Mission in Khar holds a fascinating Kumari Puja, where a young lady is spruced up and worshiped as Goddess Durga, on Asthami.

Durga Puja is famous in Assam and Tripura (in North East India), and Orissa too.

How is it Celebrated?

Durga Puja is commended in a comparative way to the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration. The begin of the celebration sees immense, extravagantly made statutes of Goddess Durga introduced in homes and perfectly enhanced platform everywhere throughout the city. Toward the celebration's end, the statutes are paraded through the avenues, joined by much music and moving, and after that submerged in the water.

What Rituals are Performed During Durga Puja?

Around one week before the celebration begins, on the event of Mahalaya, the Goddess is welcome to go to the earth. The eyes are drawn on the Goddess' icons on this day, in a favorable custom called Chokkhu Daan. In 2015, this will happen on October 12.

After the icons of Goddess Durga have been introduced, a custom is performed to summon her sacred vicinity into them on Saptami. This custom is called Pran Pratisthan. It includes a little banana plant called a Kola Bou (banana spouse), which is washed in a close-by waterway, wearing a sari, and used to transport the Goddess' vitality. In 2015, this will occur on October 20.

Petitions to God are offered to the Goddess consistently amid the celebration, and she is worshiped in her different structures. On Ashtami, Goddess Durga is worshiped as a virgin young lady in a custom called the Kumari Puja. The word Kumari is gotten from Sanskrit Kaumarya, signifying "virgin". The young ladies are worshiped as indications of the awesome female vitality, with the point of developing the immaculateness and holiness of ladies in the public eye. The heavenliness of Goddess Durga is accepted to dive into the young lady after the puja. In 2015, the Kumari Puja will happen on October 21.

Love is closed on Navami with a maha aarti (incredible flame service), which denote the end of the critical customs and petitions to God. In 2015, this will occur on October 22.

On the most recent day, October 23, Durga comes back to her spouse's dwelling place the statutes are taken for drenching. Hitched ladies offer red vermillion powder to the Goddess and smear themselves with it (this powder indicates the status of marriage, and thus richness and orientation of youngsters).

Belur Math in Kolkata holds a broad project of ceremonies for Durga Puja, including a Kumari Puja. The custom of Kumari Puja was begun by Swami Vivekananda at Belur Math in 1901 to guarantee that ladies were regarded.

What's in store During Durga Puja

The Durga Puja celebration is a to a great degree social and dramatic occasion. Show, move, and social exhibitions are generally held. Nourishment is an immense piece of the celebration, and road slows down bloom all over Kolkata. In the nights, the boulevards of Kolkata load with individuals, who come to respect the statues of Goddess Durga, eat, and celebrate.

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