Traditional Durga Puja Rituals
Durga Puja is synonymous with Bengal, it is the very essence that completes its age old traditions. Durga Puja is…
Durga Puja is synonymous with Bengal, it is the very essence that completes its age old traditions. Durga Puja is…
The modern world has changed every person’s lifestyle but in some way or the other, every person is in a search of a scope when he/she can go back to his/her tradition.
This year, with a hopeful heart, the artists have started their work and are preparing for the grand festival.
The term “baroyari” (Baro-Yaar-I) refers to the puja “of twelve friends”: baro means “twelve”, and yaar indicates “friends”.
Charles I was caught up in a civil war and was beheaded. Charles II spent the first decade of his reign in exile.
Since the import took place by post (known as daak in Bengali), this special type of ornamentation became popular by the name of Daaker Saaj.
The city, arguably the country as well, witnessed its very first instance of theme pujo through Kumartuli Sarbojanin by holding Netaji’s hands.
Instead of following the traditional Bengali customs, the Dhakeshwari Devi is worshipped as per the north Indian Navratri rituals.
The Dasa Mahavidya are ten Hindu Goddesses, namely – Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshwari, Chhinnamasta, Bhairavi, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamala. Each Mahavidya is a form of the Adi Shakti.
From the mid-90s, the “baroyari pujo” of Kolkata began adapting the form of “theme pujo”. Bengal beheld the rise of “theme pujo” in the heart of Bengal.
