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29 September 2006 9 Comments

Devi Durga

Today is the first of the five days of Puja, the worship of the goddess Bengalis call Ma Durga. Oct 2nd is Vijaya Dashami, the day the Puja (worship) ends. As children, we are told that Durga comes with her children (Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik, and Ganesh) to visit her parents. Another story goes that Rama, in his war against Ravana, invoked Durga to help him. He was victorious and the worship of Durga is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil.

Puja for Bengalis is something special. New clothes, gifts, great food, visiting friends and family, and of course going to Puja pandals. I will probably go to the local pujas around the San Francisco Bay area.

I wish you all a wonderful Puja.

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  • dodo said:

    Sharod ShubhechchHa, Atanuda! Bijoya doshomir kolakuli-o ager thekei jaaniye rakhlam. Bhalo theko, bhalo lekho

    # 29 September 2006 at 12:38 pm
  • Reena said:

    Wish you a Happy Vijaya Dashami, Atanu !

    # 29 September 2006 at 1:18 pm
  • BongoP'o'ndit said:

    Sharad Subhechcha !

    Do listen to Sandip Roy on NPR’s Morning Edition talking about Durga Pujo in Bay area and memories of Pujo from his childhood (if you haven’t done so already).

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6147294

    # 29 September 2006 at 6:09 pm
  • Vivek S said:

    Vijaya dashami greetings, Atanu :-)

    # 29 September 2006 at 10:43 pm
  • amar said:

    Atanu, Wish you too a great Durga Puja!

    # 29 September 2006 at 11:45 pm
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  • kotian V said:

    Hi

    Its a nice durga photo

    # 11 October 2007 at 10:13 pm
  • atanu said:

    wish u all a happy durga puja

    # 13 October 2007 at 7:09 pm
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