Durga Puja Pandals: Durga Pooja is a ten days long festival celebrated with great pomp and show in Northern and Eastern part of India. The preparation for this pooja and celebrations begins days before the festival. Generally, the Durga Pooja is done on a community level and the idols and pandals (tents) for the Pooja are arranged by the pooja …

If all goes well, the Yamuna river may be less polluted this Durga Puja. Puja committees across Delhi seem to have gone all out to ensure that the idols of goddess Durga are made using eco-friendly materials. This follows a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order that prohibits immersion of the idols made using non-biodegradable materials – because they further pollute …

108 Names of Maa Durga with their meaning – Goddess Durga is the personification of the divine force of the super power. The Durga means ‘the invincible’, so the Durga is regarded as the ever victorious warrior of the Gods lineage. Durga is the representation of courage, strength, ethics and protection. She is the destroyer of sin and evil and …

A Durga Puja that is over 500 years old and is sponsored by the Tripura government continues to be a draw for devotees in northeast India as the royal family has kept its traditional sanctity. Tripura, the northeastern state currently ruled by the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist, is possibly the only one in India where …

Kaal Ratri is the seventh form of Mother Durga and is worshiped on the seventh day of Navratri. She has a dark complexion, disheveled hair and a fearlessness posture. A necklace flashing lightning adorns her neck. Who is Kaal Ratri? She has three eyes that shine bright and terrible flames emanate from her breath. Her vehicle is the donkey. Her …

Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsav, or Sharadotsav, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess and is also celebrated because of the victory of Goddess Durga over Mahishasur, Durga. Durga Puja: Srinjay Chakravarty The temple priest has rung his bell. A cloud of smoke from candles and lamps …

Durga Puja Quotes, Durga Pooja Quotations: Durga Puja is not simply about celebrations and feasting. The actual carousing of the Puja is all about enlightenment of soul and the celebrations of the goodness over evil. It is about the triumph of truth over false and right over wrong. Durga Puja is about sustaining the mass believe of emergence of an …

Durga means the one who is difficult to reach. Devi Durga in the Hindu religion is the name of the Goddess who is the reincarnation of “Shakti“. She is also known by many other names like Parvati, Ambika or Santoshi Mata. Destroyer of demons and demolishes evil, she is worshiped during the ten days long festival of Durga puja. During …

Durga Puja Facebook Covers: Durga Puja, also referred to as Durgotsava or Sharadotsav is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. दुर्गा पूजा, अथवा दुर्गोत्सव अथवा शरदोत्सव भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप व दक्षिण एशिया में मनाया जाने वाला, एक वार्षिक हिन्दू पर्व है जिसमें हिन्दू देवी दुर्गा की पूजा की जाती है। इसमें छः …

Ayudha Pooja is a part of Navratri festival in India. The festival is celebrated by different names in different states of South India. In Tamil Nadu, it is celebrated with the same enthusiasm in any other part of the country, with the rituals varying a little in tradition. Ayudha Puja: Date Ayudha Pooja is celebrated on the Navami (ninth day) …