Kali Puja immersion leads to tension in Panihati
Tension gripped Panihati on Friday night after a local Trinamul Congress (TMC) youth leader allegedly assaulted four residents during a Kali Puja idol immersion.
Tension gripped Panihati on Friday night after a local Trinamul Congress (TMC) youth leader allegedly assaulted four residents during a Kali Puja idol immersion.
The barren rocks of the Deccan have transformed into a new “Kalikhetra,” as the growing Bengali diaspora celebrates Kali Puja with great fervour in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
Pathuriaghata Barokali is celebrating its 98th edition of Kali Puja, making it most likely one of the oldest Kali Pujas of Kolkata.
In the heart of Nadia district, not far from Krishnagar, lies a village where time still breathes through the cracked walls of ancient homes and the faint aroma of incense that once filled every courtyard.
In order to facilitate the devotees to visit Dakshineswar and Kalighat Temples on Kali Puja night the Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to run extended special services in the Blue Line.
Usually a single idol of Goddess Kali is worshipped during Kali Puja; however, Janbazar Sammilita Kali Puja Samity stands out. This puja committee hosts "Dasha Maha Shakti Aradhana" every year, where ten forms of goddess Kali are worshipped together under the same roof.
Bengal’s presiding deity, however, is Ma Kali. She is all powerful. So even if Kali is worshipped during Diwali or Dipannita, as we say in Bengal, not only in a mandap or temples but in a few homes too, Ma Lakshmi is no less an important deity.
Diwali or Deepawali is celebrated as the day when light wins over darkness and good wins over evil. Goddess Kali, who rules both, the worlds of light and of darkness, is worshipped on this day and throughout this season, in her various avatars – Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati.
As Diwali and Halloween- two contrasting festivals align on one day, it marks how the cultural confluence of spirituality and spookiness allows us to traverse through and balance traditional and contemporary aspects, resulting in a fluid, cross-cultural discourse.
Thousands of devotees are drawn towards the 175-year-old Serampore Ballavpur Soshan Kali Puja. Previously animal sacrifice held a special ritual for the puja but it has stopped now.
