It started with Shasthi , the Devi Bodhon(welcoming the goddess along with her four children). This time as the myth says the Goddess arrived in a palaquin. Myth describes it that the Goddess would bring rain and depression along with her. It really started like that . Shasthi and Saptami all drenched in rain and [...]
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Bidding farewell to the Goddess
Posted in Durga Puja on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How to know the Puja is nearing?????
Posted in Durga Puja, tagged Bengali, Dhaki, Durga Puja, Kolkata on October 14, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Puja and Kolkata it seems as if these two words are inseparable. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing , if you have ever been to Kolkata during the autumn festival you’ll definitely wish to come back again.
We call it the biggest festival of the Bengalis , but is it only so? The answer [...]