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Durga-puja

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Durga-puja

Hindu festival held annually in northeastern India in September–October in honor of the goddess Durga. Images of the goddess are made, worshiped for nine days, and then immersed in water. The celebration includes colourful processions and much public and private festivity.



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Living away from their hometowns in West Bengal these people have tried to recreate the traditional Durga-puja environment.
Various celebrations, like Durga-puja, Sri-panchami (Saraswati-puja), Lalita-panchami, Maha-navami, Amba-puja, Dussehra, formed part of this, during which Goddess Durga restored dharma (righteousness), and included mantra chanting and various other rituals, Rajan Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed.
 
 
 
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