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Shot @ Dashami Bhashan,Babughat,Durga Puja,Kolkata,Sept09.
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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.
Durga Puja (worship) is the biggest street carival in the world. The whole city of Calcutta pours into the streets from the evening till late hours for six days to hop through more than thousand pandals erected to host the goddess. In other cities of India too the festival is celebrated, but not in the scale as grand as in Calcutta. The pandals themselves are works of art representing various art forms. Calcutta is famous for its art and culture and is an art powerhouse in Asia.
“Durga Puja” (worship of Durga) is the greatest festival in Eastern India. It is the celebration of good over evil. It is four days celebration. Apart from many public “pujas” (organized by clubs) there are so many private “pujas” which are conducted in old houses.
Here is a 200 years old palace in North Calcutta where “Durga Puja” is being celebrated with same tradition like past.
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Durga bekämpft den BüffeldämonDurga (Sanskrit, f., दुर्गा, durgā, wörtl.: die schwer Zugängliche, die schwer zu Begreifende) ist die wohl populärste Form der Göttin im Hinduismus, die in unterschiedlichen göttlichen Erscheinungsformen existiert, gütig und strafend: Sie ist eine Göttin der Vollkommenheit, die als Sarasvati, Lakshmi und Ishvari sowie in anderen Formen erscheinen kann und unter anderem Kraft, Wissen, Handeln und Weisheit verkörpert. Im Tantrismus ist sie Shakti. Während sie etwa als Lakshmi zu Vishnu und als Sarasvati zu Brahma gehört, ist sie in der Form der Durga keinem männlichen Gott zugeordnet. Sie kann vier Arme haben, acht, zehn oder zwanzig, manchmal auch achtzehn, was große Kraft (Shakti) symbolisiert. Auf der Stirn befindet sich das dritte Auge und sie reitet auf einem Löwen oder Tiger. In ihren zornvollen Manifestationen tritt sie als Kali oder Camunda auf. In ihren meist zehn Händen trägt sie verschiedene Symbole, die variieren können. Typisch sind Muschel, Diskus, Dreizack, Pfeil und Bogen, Schwert, Schild, Gebetskette, Glocke und Keule. Sie gilt als Mahadevi (Große Göttin) und Allmutter. Im Shaktismus stellt Durga die höchste Göttin dar, die alle anderen Götter überragt und eins ist mit dem Absoluten. Die Mädchen-Göttin in Nepal, die Kumari, gilt als eine Inkarnation der Durga.
It is believed that the Goddess Durga returns to 'Kailash' mountain on the 10'th day of Durga Puja. As the day moves on, women converge at the makeshift temples or pandals set up across the city to bid farewell to the Goddess and her four children with vermilion and sweets. This day is marked here with 'Sindoor Khela' or, smearing of the vermilion. The Bengali women folk adorning traditional dresses here offer vermilion at the feet of the Goddess and then smear each other with the red vermilion, wishing long life for their husbands and peace and prosperity for their families.
Venue : Bagbazar Puja Pandal, Kolkata [ Calcutta ], West Bengal, India
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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.
Durga Puja (Bengali: দুর্গা পূজা, pronounced [ˈd̪ʊrɡaː ˈpuːdʒaː]; (listen:About this sound Durga Puja), ‘Worship of Durga’), also referred to as Durgotsava (Bengali: দুর্গোত্সব, listen: About this sound Durgotsava), ‘Festival of Durga’) or Sharadotsav 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.
(Source: Wikipedia)
I took this photo at the Durga Temple in Vijayawada. As it has common to not take any electronics into major temples in India, it took some time for me to get near enough to get a good picture. I thought it was a great time to take a picture because the temple was very well lit and its golden color really contrasted it with the black background.