Atanu Dey on India’s Development

Puja

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.

September 29, 2006 - Posted by | Events, Indian Festivals

9 Comments

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

    Comment by dodo | September 29, 2006

  2. Wish you a Happy Vijaya Dashami, Atanu !

    Comment by Reena | September 29, 2006

  3. 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

    Comment by BongoP'o'ndit | September 29, 2006

  4. Vijaya dashami greetings, Atanu 🙂

    Comment by Vivek S | September 29, 2006

  5. Atanu, Wish you too a great Durga Puja!

    Comment by amar | September 29, 2006

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  7. Hi

    Its a nice durga photo

    Comment by kotian V | October 11, 2007

  8. wish u all a happy durga puja

    Comment by atanu | October 13, 2007

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