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In Hinduism, Durga (Sanskrit: दुर्गा, meaning "the inaccessible" or "the invincible"; Bengali: দুর্গা, durga) or Maa Durga (Bengali: মা দুর্গা, ma durga, meaning "Mother Durga") "one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress" is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having ten arms, riding a lion or a tiger, carrying weapons and a lotus flower, maintaining a meditative smile, and practicing mudras, or symbolic hand gestures.
An embodiment of creative feminine force (Shakti), Durga exists in a state of svātantrya (independence from the universe and anything/anybody else, i.e., self-sufficiency) and fierce compassion. Kali is considered by Hindus to be an aspect of Durga. Durga is also the mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya. She is thus considered the fiercer, demon-fighting form of Shiva's wife, goddess Parvati. Durga manifests fearlessness and patience, and never loses her sense of humor, even during spiritual battles of epic proportion.
The word Shakti means divine feminine energy/force/power, and Durga is the warrior aspect of the Divine Mother. Other incarnations include Annapurna and Karuɳamayi (karuɳa = kindness). Durga's darker aspect Kali is represented as the consort of the god Shiva, on whose body she is often seen standing.
Durga Slays Mahishasura, Mahabalipuram sculpture.
As a goddess, Durga's feminine power contains the energies of the gods. Each of her weapons was given to her by various gods: Rudra's trident, Vishnu's discus, Indra's thunderbolt, Brahma's kamandalu, Kuber's Ratnahar, etc.
According to a narrative in the Devi Mahatmya story of the Markandeya Purana text, Durga was created as a warrior goddess to fight an asura (an inhuman force/demon) named Mahishasura. He had unleashed a reign of terror on earth, heaven and the nether worlds, and he could not be defeated by any man or god, anywhere. The gods went to Brahma, who had given Mahishasura the power not to be defeated by a man. Brahma could do nothing. They made Brahma their leader and went to Vaikuntha — the place where Vishnu lay on Ananta Naag. They found both Vishnu and Shiva, and Brahma eloquently related the reign of terror Mahishasur had unleashed on the three worlds. Hearing this Vishnu, Shiva and all of the gods became very angry and beams of fierce light emerged from their bodies. The blinding sea of light met at the Ashram of a priest named Katyan. The goddess Durga took the name Katyaayani from the priest and emerged from the sea of light. She introduced herself in the language of the Rig-Veda, saying she was the form of the supreme Brahman who had created all the gods. Now she had come to fight the demon to save the gods. They did not create her; it was her lila that she emerged from their combined energy. The gods were blessed with her compassion.
It is said that upon initially encountering Durga, Mahishasura underestimated her, thinking: "How can a woman kill me, Mahishasur — the one who has defeated the trinity of gods?" However, Durga roared with laughter, which caused an earthquake which made Mahishasur aware of her powers.
And the terrible Mahishasur rampaged against her, changing forms many times. First he was a buffalo demon, and she defeated him with her sword. Then he changed forms and became an elephant that tied up the goddess's lion and began to pull it towards him. The goddess cut off his trunk with her sword. The demon Mahishasur continued his terrorizing, taking the form of a lion, and then the form of a man, but both of them were gracefully slain by Durga.
Then Mahishasur began attacking once more, starting to take the form of a buffalo again. The patient goddess became very angry, and as she sipped divine wine from a cup she smiled and proclaimed to Mahishasur in a colorful tone — "Roar with delight while you still can, O illiterate demon, because when I will kill you after drinking this, the gods themselves will roar with delight".[cite this quote] When Mahashaur had half emerged into his buffalo form, he was paralyzed by the extreme light emitting from the goddess's body. The goddess then resounded with laughter before cutting Mahishasur's head down with her sword.
Thus Durga slew Mahishasur, thus is the power of the fierce compassion of Durga. Hence, Mata Durga is also known as Mahishasurmardhini — the slayer of Mahishasur. According to one legend, the goddess Durga created an army to fight against the forces of the demon-king Mahishasur, who was terrorizing Heaven and Earth. After ten days of fighting, Durga and her army defeated Mahishasur and killed him. As a reward for their service, Durga bestowed upon her army the knowledge of jewelry-making. Ever since, the Sonara community has been involved in the jewelry profession [3].
The goddess as Mahisasuramardhini appears quite early in Indian art. The Archaeological Museum in Matura has several statues on display including a 6-armed Kushana period Mahisasuramardhini that depicts her pressing down the buffalo with her lower hands [4]. A Nagar plaque from the first century BC - first century AD depicts a 4-armed Mahisamardhini accompanied by a lion. But it is in the Gupta period that we see the finest representations of Mahisasuramardhini (2-, 4-, 6-, and at Udayagiri, 12-armed). The spear and trident are her most common weapons. a Mamallapuram relief shows the goddess with 8 arms riding her lion subduing a bufalo-faced demon (as contrasted with a buffalo demon); a variation also seen at Ellora. In later sculptures (post-seventh Century), sculptures show the goddess having decapitated the buffalo demon
Durga Puja
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Durga puja (pronounced [ˈd̪uɾga ˈpudʒa], Bengali: দুর্গা পূজা ,Oriya: ଦୁର୍ଗା ପୂଜା ,‘Worship of Durga’), also referred to as Durgotsava (Bengali: দুর্গোৎসব, ‘Festival of Durga’), is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi , Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and Bijoya Dashami. The dates of Durga Puja celebrations are set according to the traditional Hindu calendar and the fortnight corresponding to the festival is called Devi Paksha (Bengali:দেবী পক্ষ , ‘Fortnight of the Goddess’). Devi Paksha is preceded by Mahalaya (Bengali: মহালয়া), the last day of the previous fortnight Pitri Pokkho (Bengali: পিতৃ পক্ষ, ‘Fortnight of the Forefathers’), and is ended on Kojagori Lokkhi Puja (Bengali: কোজাগরী লক্ষ্মী পূজা, ‘Worship of Goddess Lakshmi on Kojagori Full Moon Night’).
Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Orissa and Tripura where it is a five-day annual holiday.In West Bengal and Tripura which has majority of Bengali Hindus it is the Biggest festival of the year. Not only is it the biggest Hindu festival celebrated throughout the State, but it is also the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali society. Apart from eastern India, Durga Puja is also celebrated in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Kashmir, Karnataka and Kerala. Durga Puja is also celebrated as a major festival in Nepal and in Bangladesh where 10% population are Hindu. Nowadays, many diaspora Bengali cultural organizations 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.
The prominence of Durga Puja increased gradually during the British Raj in Bengal. After the Hindu reformists identified Durga with India, she became an icon for the Indian independence movement. In the first quarter of the 20th century, the tradition of Baroyari or Community Puja was popularised due to this. After independence, Durga Puja became one of the largest celebrated festivals in the whole world.
Durga Puja also includes the worship of Shiva, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Saraswati and Kartikeya. Modern traditions have come to include the display of decorated pandals and artistically depicted idols (murti) of Durga, exchange of Bijoya Greetings and publication of Puja Annuals.
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Best wishes on the happy occasion of Dussera to all my Flickr Friends.
Photographed in Lokhandwala (Andheri),Mumbai.
Durga Puja is the Biggest & Most Important Festival of Bengali living in West Bengal and anywhere in the world. This year the festival was between 26th Sep-30th Sep. Millions visited Puja Pandals all over West Bengal.
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Idols like these are mostly created with Bamboo Structure at back , covered with Straw, and above all Clay to give the final look.
After the four day festival , the idols are destroyed by immersing them in river.
Durga : Goddess , Who Killed The Biggest & Most Powerful Demon Mahishashur, When All The Other Gods Failed To Kill Him.
Durga Rides On Lion. She Has Ten Hands Each With Different Arms Given To Her By Other Gods.
She Has Two Sons & Two Daughters.
Sons : Ganesh , Kartick
Daughters : Lakhi , Sarwassati
Puja Means Worship.
'Puja Pandal' are temporary structures like these which are disassembled after the festival.
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Location : At a Small Town Outskirts of Calcutta (Kolkata ).
I was asked by my friend here on flickr Kay Harpa to try stepping into the shoes of Durga. Durga is the Vedic & Hindu diety of destruction, expeller of demons, removing obstacles. She is equivalent to Kali, Shakti and even Laximi. The force of Durga starts within and works itself outward as many things in life do. She cleans "house" people. I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea under this new moon. Here is my interpretation of Durga as seen and related by an American Taino Indian.
*Special thanks to Chad for sharing his photo of the Jaguar skin; and thank you Сергей' for sharing his photo of the Pleiades.
Experience Durga Puja in Kolkata........ An Experience of A Lifetime! September 30-October 4, 2014
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshipped with great passion and devotion.
The traditional icon of the goddess worshiped during the Durga Puja is in line with the iconography delineated in the scriptures. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
More, hinduism.about.com/od/durgapuja/a/durga_puja_history.htm
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja@Kolkata 2012 - Lake Town Adibasibrindo
Images of Bengal, India
Durga Puja, one of the biggest festival in the world, is the celebration that marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasur. It is mainly celebrated by Bengalis and being one myself, Durga Puja is extremely close to my heart!
The significance of this photo is that Maa Durga, though surrounded by darkness, is full of light!
To know more visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga_Puja
Experience Durga Puja in Kolkata........ An Experience of A Lifetime! September 30-October 4, 2014
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshipped with great passion and devotion.
The traditional icon of the goddess worshiped during the Durga Puja is in line with the iconography delineated in the scriptures. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
More, hinduism.about.com/od/durgapuja/a/durga_puja_history.htm
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja@Kolkata 2012 - Kumartuli Park
Images of Bengal, India
Experience Durga Puja in Kolkata........ An Experience of A Lifetime! September 30-October 4, 2014
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshipped with great passion and devotion.
The traditional icon of the goddess worshiped during the Durga Puja is in line with the iconography delineated in the scriptures. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
More, hinduism.about.com/od/durgapuja/a/durga_puja_history.htm
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja@Kolkata 2012 - Chakraberia Sarbojonin
Images of Bengal, India
Today, 28th September 2009, we bade farewell to mother Durga, who has graced us with her presence for the last nine days. Lots more can be found about the 'Puja' and its significance and astrological and divine instances on the web. However, today I would like to, in my own small way, acknowledge and encourage the development of the tradition of festivity and happiness that has surrounded this years events! My fellow pictographers were rejoiced to see Dhaka emerging as a meaningful secular-minded city where the Bengali culture ties us together. I only hope and pray that the brotherhood strengthens more and more.
On a personal note, these days from Eid ul Fitr to Bijoya has been quiet taxing on me in personal life. The strain was relieved to a large degree thanks to being a part of this festivities, no matter how insignificant. The awesome TTLers!!!
I await the next year and the next and further on for Ma Durga to return.
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Durga Bari temple is one of the many temples built by Tripura’s former princely rulers;. This famous temple is positioned very close to the Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala. This popular Hindu temple is dedicated to Goddess Durga. The temple is one of the important temples of Agartalawhere tourists and locals come to pay obeisance to the goddess for overall prosperity and well being.
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মা দুর্গা (Durga;Sanskrit: दुर्गा, meaning "the inaccessible" or "the invincible")
The four day long (Saptami to Dashami) Durga Puja is the biggest annual festival in Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, and Assam. It is celebrated likewise with much fervour in other parts of India, especially the Himalayan region, but is celebrated in various forms throughout the Hindu universe.
The day of Durga's victory is celebrated as Vijayadashami (Bengali).
The actual period of the worship however may be on the preceding nine days (Navaratri) followed by the last day called Vijayadashami in North India or five days in Bengal (from the sixth to tenth day of the waxing-moon fortnight). Nine aspects of Durga known as Navadurga are meditated upon, one by one during the nine-day festival by devout Shakti worshippers
A craftsman is carefully making a clay idol of Goddess Durga, shaping each part with great skill. Around him, other half-finished idols are waiting to be painted and decorated.
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Friends , I was so busy in my non profit event, Durga Puja festival at Newark, California organized by pashchimi (www.pashchimi.org) . Many thanks for your visit and support.
This is the final outcome of my 3 months planning, research and effort. Wanted to get a 'WOW' effect by playing with colors and lights. Everything here is hand made and manually drawn at my own backyard.
Many thanks to Shantanu, Tapo, Soumendra for their help and support.
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If you intend to use any of my pictures, for any usage, you need to contact me first.
Thank you.
Maa Durga (Mother Durga)
Goddess Durga is the mother of the universe and believed to be the power behind the work of creation, preservation, and destruction of the world. Since time immemorial she has been worshipped as the supreme power of the Supreme Being and has been mentioned in many scriptures - Yajur Veda, Vajasaneyi Samhita and Taittareya Brahman.
In Hinduism, the Goddess Durga ("the inaccessible" or "the invincible") or Maa Durga (Mother Durga) "one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress". Durga is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having ten arms, riding a lion or a tiger, carrying weapons (including a lotus flower), maintaining a meditative smile, and practicing mudras, or symbolic hand gestures.
An embodiment of creative feminine force (Shakti), Durga exists in a state of svātantrya (dependence on the universe and nothing/nobody else, i.e., self-sufficiency) and fierce compassion. Durga is considered by Hindus to be an aspect of Kali, and the mother of Ganesha, Saraswati, Lakshmi and Kartikeya. She is thus considered the fiercer, demon-fighting form of Lord Shiva's wife, Goddess Parvati. Durga manifests fearlessness and patience, and never loses her sense of humor, even during spiritual battles of epic proportion.
The word Shakti, means divine feminine force, and Durga is the warrior aspect of the Divine Mother, where She wins over evil.
About the Shot :
I tried to capture Maa ( Mother) Durga , which we worship. She is made from the holy clay of river Ganges and every ornaments and details are hand made.
The shot
Camera Canon 5D Mark III, on tripod.
Aperture F11
Shutter 0.5
ISO 200
50 mm
I would highly appreciate, if constructive criticisms are given for improvement.
I was joined by a couple of airport workers who were “out for an evening’s stroll, having spent the whole day indoors doing nothing”. One was serious, but not too serious. The other, who spoke English well, was only interested in joking and laughing. They were straight out of “Days and Nights in the Forest”. The Vishnu temple was not known for erotic carvings, but they took me round the back to see the most beautiful and erotic statuette, said to be the best in Khajuraho. It was a lone girl slowly unwrapping her thin skirt from her hips, smiling at your reaction. What you were about to see was most subtly and delicately insinuated. The perfect object of a gentleman’s evening stroll.
Hinduism worships the female dietis in many forms perhaps the most popular and widely worshipped is the Goddess Durga. This 10 handed ( "Dasa - Bhooja ") godess riding on top of a Lion epitomises the win of Godd over the evil ( "Asura" ) . This picture was taken during the Durga Pooja (festival) in Autumn 2017. This evening Arati is perhormed by 3 priests with 108 lamps or "diyas"
Durga Puja is the Biggest & Most Important Festival of Bengali living in West Bengal and anywhere in the world. This year the festival is between 4th Oct-8th Oct. Millions are visiting Puja Pandals all over West Bengal.
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Idols like these are mostly created with Bamboo Structure at back , covered with Straw, and above all Clay to give the final look.
After the four day festival , the idols are destroyed by immersing them in river.
Durga : Goddess , Who Killed The Biggest & Most Powerful Demon Mahishashur, When All The Other Gods Failed To Kill Him.
Durga Rides On Lion. She Has Ten Hands Each With Different Arms Given To Her By Other Gods.
She Has Two Sons & Two Daughters.
Sons : Ganesh , Kartick
Daughters : Lakhi , Sarwassati
Puja Means Worship.
'Puja Pandal' are temporary structures like these which are disassembled after the festival.
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Location : At a Small Town Outskirts of Calcutta (Kolkata ).
Experience Durga Puja in Kolkata........ An Experience of A Lifetime! September 30-October 4, 2014
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshipped with great passion and devotion.
The traditional icon of the goddess worshiped during the Durga Puja is in line with the iconography delineated in the scriptures. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
More, hinduism.about.com/od/durgapuja/a/durga_puja_history.htm
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja@Kolkata 2012 - Kumartuli Park
Images of Bengal, India
Experience Durga Puja in Kolkata........ An Experience of A Lifetime! September 30-October 4, 2014
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshipped with great passion and devotion.
The traditional icon of the goddess worshiped during the Durga Puja is in line with the iconography delineated in the scriptures. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
More, hinduism.about.com/od/durgapuja/a/durga_puja_history.htm
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja@Kolkata 2012 - Sovabazar Beniatola
Images of Bengal, India
MAA Durga - this visual was reserved for the Coffee Table Book which i wanted to come out on the landmarks of India.
As per what i had written in my status some days back .. i am now uploading the 16 visuals which i had reserved for the Coffee Table Book .. if Allah the Almighty wishes and if the book is destined to come out in the near future it will immaterial of the visuals uploaded on photographic platforms … there is just this TODAY i believe in and i don’t want these amazing visuals to die in some folders of my hard disk …
so i present these visuals to all my friends over here who keep inspiring and motivating me to keep challenging myself and to keep on exploring this amazing art called PHOTOGRAPHY.
lastly this album is dedicated to my AMMI.
Durga Puja Holiday in Kathmandu. Hundrets sacrificial goats and buffalos die that day...
they are killed in the front of the temples, the hads are brought inside the temple and put on the altar. The rest? I don't know exactly but I think the meat will be used for food. For Nepali its nothing wrong or bad in offering animals. They think they help their animal brothers to free them and giving them possibility to be a human in the next life.
Durga : Goddess , Who Killed The Biggest & Most Powerful Demon Mahishashur, When All The Other Gods Failed To Kill Him.
Durga Rides On Lion. She Has Ten Hands Each With Different Arms Given To Her By Other Gods.
She Has Two Sons & Two Daughters.
Sons : Ganesh At Far Left. Kartick : At Far Right
Daughters : Lakhi Beside Ganesh. Sarwassati Beside Kartick.
Puja Means Worship.
Puja Pandal Means Place Of Worship.
Dashami, Durga puja celebrations of my block ( A-8, Kalyani ), People are so spontaneous and full of cheerfulness. Its my favorite picture
For five days a year, the eastern Indian metropolis of Kolkata takes on a Nocturnal flavor.
While the city celebrates a variety of "Pujos", none is Grander than the Durga Puja, which coincides with the second half of Navratri and culminates in the Grand Celebration of Vijaya Dashami - also know as Dusshera in other parts of the country.
Every locality, every sub locality organizes its on "Puja" , with its own uniquely themed "Pandals" and lightning arrangements.
The entire city comes alive in the evening with a festive atmosphere and millions of people hopping from "Pandal" to "Pandal" admiring the workmanship and design of each of these unique creations. People go "Pandal" hopping from early in the evening till early hours of the morning the following day with their friends and family, helping themselves to a myriad of street food along the way, which is also one of Kolkata's specialties.
Five days of festivities culminate in the Vijaya Dashami celebrations and immersion of the Durga idols in the holy Hooghly river.
Being in Kolkata during the Durga Puja is an experience bar none -- one which I have been lucky to witness countless time since my childhood days int he city.
This time, I headed home to capture some of that spirit through my camera and lenses.
Experience Durga Puja in Kolkata........ An Experience of A Lifetime! September 30-October 4, 2014
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshipped with great passion and devotion.
The traditional icon of the goddess worshiped during the Durga Puja is in line with the iconography delineated in the scriptures. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
More, hinduism.about.com/od/durgapuja/a/durga_puja_history.htm
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja@Kolkata 2012 - Kashi Bose Lane
Images of Bengal, India
Experience Durga Puja in Kolkata........ An Experience of A Lifetime! September 30-October 4, 2014
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshipped with great passion and devotion.
The traditional icon of the goddess worshiped during the Durga Puja is in line with the iconography delineated in the scriptures. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
More, hinduism.about.com/od/durgapuja/a/durga_puja_history.htm
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja@Kolkata 2012 - Howrah Sahajatri
Images of Bengal, India
Durga Puja | Lokhandwala, Andheri W | 20-10-15.
Maa Durga has come on this planet to destroy the devils.
The last day of the 5-day-long Durga Puja festival culminates with the immersion of the Durga murti, following a grand procession.
Greetings on Mahashaptami - the second day of Durgotsav !
Durga Puja, a five day festival is widely celebrated in India and is the biggest festival of the year. Not only is it the biggest Hindu festival celebrated, it is also the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali Hindu society. Apart from India, Durga Puja is also celebrated in Nepal, Bangladesh United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Singapore and Kuwait.
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 ....From Wikipedia.
Experience Durga Puja in Kolkata........ An Experience of A Lifetime! September 30-October 4, 2014
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshipped with great passion and devotion.
The traditional icon of the goddess worshiped during the Durga Puja is in line with the iconography delineated in the scriptures. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
More, hinduism.about.com/od/durgapuja/a/durga_puja_history.htm
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja@Kolkata 2012 - Chaltabagan Lohapatty
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