Celebrate Durga Puja Festival on 09 To 13 October 2024
Durga Puja is one of the religious festivals of India which is celebrated throughout the country with great zeal and fervor. It is particularly celebrated in the state of West Bengal in Kolkata in the honor of celebrating the unfathomable power of Goddess Durga. This festival is celebrated during the span of the whole period of Navaratri for a time span of 10 days. From the sixth day of Navaratri till the ninth day the huge pandals of the Goddess Durga are open for the visitors. The tenth day of the Navaratri is called as Dashami and on this day the idols of the Goddess Durga are immersed into the water and this process is called as Visarjan. This year in 2024, Dashami is falling on 13th October, Tuesday.
During the Navratri fest, people from major parts of North, south and central India observe fast of all nine days. A number of people choose to fast only first and ninth day of the Navratri. Ritual fast is a way of devotion and to pay gratitude to Goddess Durga. As per the Hindu tradition.
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Durga Puja celebration in West Bengal witnesses a special type of zeal and extravagance. In addition to the traditional rituals, the exclusively special trademark features of the festive celebration in Kolkata.
As per Hindu mythology, Goddess Durga, who is also referred to as an embodiment of Shakti or a symbol of feminine strength, emerged as a collective energy to fight the devil Mahishasura, who had been blessed not to be defeated by any God or Man. Goddess Durga is believed to be a self-sufficient reservoir of energy. The people of Kolkata highly revere Goddess Durga for her unfathomable power and the festival of Durga Puja is observed with utmost grandeur and gigantic ceremonies. If you are visiting Kolkata during Durga Puja then it is for sure that you are going to witness one of the best celebratory moments in the most gigantic way in your life. The preparations before the celebration are not less enticing than the celebration itself. A week or so before the celebration, the whole of the city starts getting masked with a touch of excitement and eagerness. The overwhelming way with which the people out there in Kolkata welcome Goddess Durga is really heart-warming.
It′s a time again to get colored and lost in the devotional zeal of Durga Puja celebration that is marked as one of the most awaited and biggest festival celebrations of the Bengalis and for the people belonging to the state of Assam. However, Durga Puja is also celebrated with much gaiety and grandeur in the state of Odisha, Tripura, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat as well. The festival represents the great victory of goddess Durga over the Buffalo demon named Mahishasura. It is a six days long festival observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Vijayadashami. The worship of goddess Durga for the six days of celebration takes place on a magnificent scale among the people belonging to the state of West Bengal or other eastern parts of the country. The huge and artistic pandals, magnificent idols of goddess Durga, people dancing on the beats of Dhaki (drum) and evenings surrounded with the divine tunes of Goddess Durga aarti are the unforgettable features of every Durga Puja celebration. Moreover having a portion of delicious bhog, artistic views of pandals, colorful fireworks, and mouthwatering food delights at various food corners held at every nook and corner let the entire city drowned in the colors of joyous Durga Puja celebration!!
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