The festive season is over.
Being regularly irregular has become a habit with me and this time too, I find no exception. The reasons may be many, but I do not want to cut excuses for being absent for over a month. In the meantime, the festive season has passed by (only Kali Pujo and/or Dewali is yet to come). This year, Durga Pujo was observed during the first week of October with much fanfare. And on the Vijaya Dasami day, Dussera is observed in India.
As per the Wikipedia : Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal, where it is a five-day annual holiday. In West Bengal, Assam ,Tripura, which has a majority of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus, it is the biggest festival of the year. Not only is it the biggest Hindu festival celebrated throughout the state, it is also the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali Hindu society. Apart from eastern India, Durga Puja is also celebrated in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh,Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. Durga Puja is also celebrated as a major festival in Nepal where 91% is Hindu, and in Bangladesh where the 8% population is Hindu. Nowadays, many diaspora Assamese and Bengali cultural organisations arrange for Durgotsab in countries such as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Singapore and Kuwait, among others. In 2006, a grand Durga Puja ceremony was held in the Great Court of the British Museum."
Happy viewing.
Robin Banerjee.
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Being regularly irregular has become a habit with me and this time too, I find no exception. The reasons may be many, but I do not want to cut excuses for being absent for over a month. In the meantime, the festive season has passed by (only Kali Pujo and/or Dewali is yet to come). This year, Durga Pujo was observed during the first week of October with much fanfare. And on the Vijaya Dasami day, Dussera is observed in India.
As per the Wikipedia : Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal, where it is a five-day annual holiday. In West Bengal, Assam ,Tripura, which has a majority of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus, it is the biggest festival of the year. Not only is it the biggest Hindu festival celebrated throughout the state, it is also the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali Hindu society. Apart from eastern India, Durga Puja is also celebrated in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh,Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. Durga Puja is also celebrated as a major festival in Nepal where 91% is Hindu, and in Bangladesh where the 8% population is Hindu. Nowadays, many diaspora Assamese and Bengali cultural organisations arrange for Durgotsab in countries such as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Singapore and Kuwait, among others. In 2006, a grand Durga Puja ceremony was held in the Great Court of the British Museum."
Now the tale-tell Siuli or Kash flower has stopped blooming and it's time to welcome winter gradually. Still the memory of Durga Pujo lingers in my mind. All poems & photographs by me.
Happy viewing.
Robin Banerjee.
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| Kaash flower in full bloom in autumn |
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| Unfinished Idol in Kumortuli, Kolkata |
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| Idol making - painting of lips & eyes at Kumortuli, Kolkata |
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| Waiting for the right moment |
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| Chandi Paathh at Sovabazar Rajbari Thakurdaalan, Kolkata |
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| Kola Bou Snan |
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| Candles before the deity |
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| Offering of Mistanna Bhog at Sovabazar Rajbari, Kolkata |
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| Sovabazar Rajbari Idol |
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| Aarti at Sovabazar Rajbaari, Kolkata. |
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| The priest of Sovabazar Rajbari Pujo |
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| Offering Prayer at Mittir Baari Pujo in Kolkata |
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| Coming out after offering Puja at Sovabazar Rajbari |
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| A typical Pujo mood |
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| Street decorations. |
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| The Asura (Demon) in suspension |
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| Dhaakis |
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| Aarti in progress |
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| Sondhi Pujo in Sovabazar Rajbari, Kolkata |
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| Kumari Pujo at Bagbazar Sarbojonin, Kolkata |
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| Sindur Khela at the Mudiali Pandal |
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| Immersion Band |
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| On way to immersion in Ganga |
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| Preparing for immersion |
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| Immersion of Idol in mid-Ganges of Sovabazar Rajbari |
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| ... and the Pujo is over. |
asadharon!! akkebare Pujo-sonkhya sangskaron; veeson valo laglo, :D :D
ReplyDeleteKausik, thanks a lot for your sweet words. Keep well.
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