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Durga Pooja Celebration at Jayamahal Bengali Association

Durga Pooja Celebration at Jayamahal Bengali Association - Irresistible smile

 

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Kumartuli, Kolkata, India

Display of Dolls, Dance + Divine Music + Devotion. கொலு பாக்க வாங்க .....

 

It is Navraatri Time in Sunciti Home. It is happening time. Busy with visitors and visiting others.

 

9 Days and nights of celebration. Display of Dolls,( traditional and modern), Music Devotional (mostly), Divinity (invisible) , Dance (mostly classic).

 

இது நலம் தரும் நவராத்திரி நேரம் , வாங்க வாங்க . கொலு பாக்க வாங்க !

A close-up shot of Maa Durga...taken at home :-)

Taken at Kumartuli

Kolkata,

 

The deities are made for the Durgapooja, the biggest hindu festival celebrated throughout India.

Dhunuchi naach

 

A traditional dance performed during Durga Pooja while holding the Dhunachi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhunachi) and to the beats of the Dhak

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@ Ulsoor lake, Bangalore during Durga pooja celebrations.

Used 10mm.

 

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Navarathri/Durga pooja wishes and Greetings to one and all!

Devotees dancing, playing instruments and bells and offering their prayers to the Goddess.

 

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A joyful "Durga pooja" to all my friends who celebrate !!

  

This was shot 18 years back on film in a pooja pandal in Kolkata, somewhere near Taltala.

  

"நல்லதுந் தீயதுஞ் செய்திடும் சக்தி

நலத்தை நமக்கிழைப் பாள்;

அல்லது நீங்கும் என் றேயுலகேழும்

அறைந்திடு வாய் முர சே!

சொல்லத் தகுந்த பொருளன்று காண்!இங்கு

சொல்லு மவர்தமை யே,

அல்லல் கெடுத்தம ரர்க்கிணை யாக்கிடும்

ஓம்சக்தி, ஓம்சக்தி, ஓம்.

  

மகாகவி பாரதி

Durga Idol, Kumartuli, Kolkatta

more pictures available in the album displaying this wonderful art form (Chhau dance) from Bengal

@ Ulsoor lake, Bangalore during Durga pooja celebrations.

Kolkatta is getting ready for Durgapooja,

Kali statue from Kumartuli, Kolkatta

Durga is mother of Lord Ganesha (Previously i had uploaded Ganesha Chaturthi images). Goddess Durga is a form of Shakti worshiped for her gracious as well as terrifying aspect. Mother of the Universe, she represents the infinite power of the universe and is a symbol of a female dynamism. The manifestation of Goddess Durga is said to emerge from Her formless essence and the two are inseparable.

 

It is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. Durga Puja festival marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura. Thus, Durga Puja festival epitomises the victory of Good over Evil.

 

She is also called by many other names, such as Parvati, Ambika, and Kali. In the form of Parvati, She is known as the divine spouse of Lord Shiva and is the mother of Her two sons, Ganesha and Karttikeya, and daughter Jyoti. Destroyer of demons, she is worshiped during an annual festival called Durga puja, especially popular among Bengalis.

 

The music, dancing, and art displayed and performed during the Durga puja played an integral part in connecting the community in Bengal. It is a five day festival carried out offering prayers to the Goddess.

 

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Will upload few candid shots from Sindoor Khela this Durga Pooja. Hope you enjoy them. :)

I'm seriously beginning to love the early morning light of 8-9am in Mumbai. It just personifies beauty.

 

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The Sri Mutharamman Temple is located in Kulasekharapatnam near Thiruchendur in the Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu. It is 300 years old. Navarathiri festival is the grandest festival in this temple. More than 1,500,000 devotees celebrate together here.

 

Dasara day is considered a most auspicious day. It is a time-honoured belief that if any new venture is started on this day, it is bound to be successful. Hence, all the undertakings be it laying of foundation of a new building, opening of a new commercial establishment or even initiating a child into the world of learning- are started on this day.

 

In this temple Dasara is being celebrated as a big festival. Lakhs of people are assemble here to celebrate this festival. This temple stands unique amongst the other temples, which celebrates Dasara. The same Dasara itself is celebrated here as a 12-day function instead of 9 days(Navaratri).

- wiki

 

A very happy Pooja Hoildays to all my friends..

 

Captured at Kumartuli, Kolkata....

 

Ashokji and myself were exploring the area ..

After capturing, we have decided to share few snaps, at the same day....

This is one of them....

 

His version here : www.flickr.com/photos/ayashok-s_d40/6213298368/in/photost...

Kumartuli, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

My 3rd virtual 360 degree virtual panorama where i have tried to shoot this pandal along with people .. till now it was jst interior of flats and towers ... this time i thought to document a place along with people moving around and wanted to know if i would be able to stitch such a panorama .. i wont say its been an easy ride but it was not fun making it .. I dedicate this panorama to the spirit of Kolkata .. thnks so much Raktim Debnath .. this panorama would not have been possible without ur help and support ..

 

to view the 360º virtual panorama of the same pls click on these two links below:

 

www.360cities.net/image/jagat-mukherjee-park-pandal-shyam...

 

www.ieasypano.com/3092/PanoDetail

 

The equirectangular output was thn tonemapped (single exposure) in Photomatix Pro thn Photoshop (Ninja Noise plugin for noise reduction and high-pass filtering) to obtain this 360 degree virtual panorama.

 

Panorama stitching was done in PTGui. Removing of the tripod and VR Head from the bottom face was tedious and was done manually on PS to process the equirectangular panoramic.

 

Shot with Nikon D90 @ Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye lens @ f/11 mounted on the Manfrotto 360º 303SPH 8 shots on tripod @ (60º steps for the rotation).

 

The equirectangular output was thn tonemapped (single exposure) in Photomatix Pro thn Photoshop (Ninja Noise plugin for noise reduction and high-pass filtering) to obtain this 360 degree virtual panorama.

 

Panorama stitching was done in PTGui. Removing of the tripod and VR Head from the bottom face was tedious and was done manually on PS to process the equirectangular panoramic.

@ Ulsoor lake, Bangalore during Durga pooja celebrations.

 

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muraliwind@yahoo.com

The worship of Durga in the autumn (Shôrot) is the year's largest Hindu festival in West Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, Assam, Jharkhand and other parts of East India as well as in Bangladesh. Durga Puja is celebrated all around the world by Bengalis.

 

This is the Durga puja being celebrated at Sydney, Australia.

The photo is best seen on the large size.

Aritra Mukherjee with a smoking dhuno during sindur khela. Thanks a lot for the shot.

  

Goddess Durga - One of the powerful goddess of India .The statue depicts her slaying the demon god - "Mahishasura ...

'Sindur khela' is the occation where people put Sindur (the red power) on each others face and give a colorful departure to godess Durga at the end of Durga pooja celebrations.

Shot yesterday near Ulsoor, Bangalore

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@ Ulsoor lake, Bangalore during Durga pooja celebrations.

The girl sitting there was very shy to pose my camera. While shooting this, she thought that she is out of frame. She does not know about 10mm ;-)

 

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Doll arrangement popularly called bommakolu or bommagolu in Tamil culture. This is from my home.

 

Nine days from the new moon (amavasya) of Aaswinam month of Sakha calendar is celebrated almost throughout India marking the victory of good over evil, but in various names and forms.

 

According to Hindu mythology all good and evil are within us and it is we who has to fight and win over our evil with our own goods. For this we use yoga and meditation but done under the guidance of an able Guru. That is why Hindu culture gives great importance to Guru.

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