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    Durga Puja (ISO: Durgā Pūjā), also known as Durgotsava or Shaaradotsava, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and...
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    Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated magnificently marking the worship of the Hindu mother goddess Durga. This festival is the biggest festival...
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    Durga (Sanskrit: दुर्गा, IAST: Durgā) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi. She is associated with...
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    Puja (Sanskrit: पूजा, romanized: pūjā) is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and...
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    eastern and northeastern states of India, the Durga Puja is synonymous with Navaratri, wherein goddess Durga battles and emerges victorious over the buffalo...
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    It is part of the Markandeya Purana. Devi Mahatmyam is also known as the Durgā Saptashatī (दुर्गासप्तशती) or Śata Chandī (शत् चंडी) and Chandi Path (चंडी...
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    The Manicktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja is a Durga Puja celebration in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1943 by Late Sri Lakhi Chand Jaiswal as...
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    Hindi, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navarahtri. It is observed on the tenth day of the month of Ashvin...
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  • goddess Durga. In Eastern India, Durga Ashatmi is also one of the most auspicious days of the five days-long Durga Puja festival. Traditionally, the festival...
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    Delhi Durga Puja Samiti, also known as the Kashmere Gate Durga Puja is the oldest community Durga Puja (festival) of Delhi. It is currently held in the...
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  • Durga Puja at Basuki Bihari North village is a ten days annual grand celebration for the worship to the Goddess Durga in Hinduism. The place of the Durga...
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    Lakshmi Puja or Lokkhi Pujo (Sanskrit:लक्ष्मी पूजा, Bengali:লক্ষ্মী পূজা, Romanised:Lakṣmī Pūjā/Loķhī Pūjō) is a Hindu occasion for the veneration of...
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  • It was released in the theatres on 8 October 2024 on the occasion of Durga Puja. The film is based on a chain of real life crime events in Bengal in the...
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  • are nine manifestations and forms of Durga in Hinduism, especially worshipped during Navaratri and Durga Puja. They are often considered collectively...
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    Akalabodhana (category Durga Puja)
    (2012-02-01). Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durgā Pūjā with Interpretations. State University of New York Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-7914-8844-7...
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  • Kanyā Pūjā or Kumārī Pūjā, is a Hindu holy ritual, carried out especially on the Ashtami (eighth day) and Navami (ninth day) of the Navaratri festival...
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    The Durga Puja Carnival also known as Kolkata Carnival, held annually, is an extension of the Durga Puja festivities in Kolkata, West Bengal. It celebrates...
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    Sindur Khela (category Durga Puja)
    women smear each other with sindur on Vijayadashami, the last day of the Durga Puja. On the day of the Vijayadashami after the conclusion of the ritual worship...
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    Diwali (redirect from Badabadua Puja)
    the Durga puja is the main focus, although in the eastern and north eastern states the two are synonymous, but on Diwali the focus is on the puja dedicated...
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  • Asian Paints Sharad Shamman (category Durga Puja)
    পেইন্টস শারদ সম্মান) is an excellence award given to the best decorated Durga Puja Pandal in Kolkata during the festival in October. Since its inception...
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    Kali Puja (ISO: Kālī Pūjā), also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu...
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    romanized: Vasanta Pañcamī), also rendered Vasanta Panchami and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation...
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    Kalaratri (category Durga Puja)
    "Navdurga – the nine forms of Durga". rampuri.com. Retrieved 19 December 2012. "Navratri 2022, Day 7: Maa Kalaratri & Maha Saptami Puja Vidhi, Shubh Muhurat,...
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    outside because it is performed after sundown. During the Bengali festival Durga puja ritual drummers – dhakis, carrying large leather-strung dhak's, show off...
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  • enriched library in Delhi Kalibari. The Durga puja celebrated at the Kalibari, is one of the oldest Durga Pujas in the city. It first started in 1925....
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  • did the editing. It was released in theaters on 8 October 2024 during Durga Puja. It is the 45th film of Dev. Iqlakh plays the role of a poor janitor who...
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  • letters via mail addressed to the temple's Puja celebration committees. The letters state, "To celebrate Durga Puja, each temple must pay a donation of five...
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    Hindu festivals. The goddess-focused tradition and festivals such as the Durga puja are very popular in the eastern India. The earliest archaeological evidence...
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    Mahishasura, mounted on the lion. This occasion is celebrated during the annual Durga Puja festival in most parts of India. Her exploits are described in the Devi-Bhagavata...
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  • celebrated festival of the city is Durga Puja, and it features colourful pandals, decorative idols of Hindu goddess Durga and her family, lighting decorations...
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