Durgā pūjā
The Durgā Pūjā (Bengali: দূর্গাপুজা) is the principal festival of the hindouists celebrated with the Bangladesh in the honor of the goddess Durgā. She is sometimes called Akalbodhan , Vijaya Dashami , Dashain , or Dussehra .
The worship of Durga is celebrated during the nine (or five) days preceding Navaratri. The population prepares there several weeks in advance.
Durgā pūjā in Bengal
The worship of Durga in autumn ( Shôrot ) is the most important festival of the Hindu calendar to the Bengal, in Orissa, in the Tripura, the Assam and other Eastern areas of India, like with the Bangladesh. Puja means " culte" , " prière" and Durga Puja is celebrated 6th at the 10th day of the growth of the moon in the month d'" Ashwin , which is the 6th month in the Bengali Calendrier. Sometimes, however, because of the differences between the cycles lunar and solar, Durga Puja can take place during the next month, Kartik . In the Gregorian Calendar, these dates correspond to October/September.In the Ramayana, Rama calls upon the Durga goddess in her combat against Ravana. Whereas it is traditionally celebrated in spring, because of battle, Rama had to call upon Durga in autumn (akaal bodhan). Today, it is on this date decided by Rama that Durga is celebrated, although the puja spring, the " Basanti Puja" , that is to say always present in the Hindu almanac. As the season of the worship is the Shôrot (autumn), it is sometimes called Sharodia .
The pujas are held over one five days period, which is traditionally regarded as the return of the married girl - Durga- in her father, in the Himalayas. It is the most important festival of Bengal, and the Bengali celebrate it with new clothing and other present, which are carried the evening, when the family leaves to admire the pandals (temporary temples built to venerate the goddess, often in bamboo and decorated fabrics). Although it is about a Hindu festival, people of all the religions take part in these ritual.
Kolkata
Only with Kolkata, more than two thousand pandals is built for the occasion, affirming high and strong the admiration and the enthusiasm of the population. To Chandernagor, many pilgrims come to celebrate the puja.
Durgā pūjā in other areas of India
Maharashtra
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Penjab
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Gujarat
August 1st
Kerala
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Kashmir
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Durgā pūjā in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, whose tenth of the population is Hindu, celebrates the puja in many temples, approximately 18.000 temples being built in all the country, and more than 140 only in the capital Dhaka.
Abroad
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History
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See too
External bonds
- Coverage off Durgapuja 2006 from Kolkata.
- History off Durga Puja-How This Ritual Cam in Practice
- All information butt Durga Puja in India - By Society for the Junction off Festivals in India
- information Durgapuja butt in West Bengal.
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