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Durga Puja, also called Durgotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess, Durga.[2][3] It is particularly popular in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Tripura, and Odisha, the country of Bangladesh, and the diaspora from this region, and also in Nepal, where it is celebrated as Dashain. The festival is observed in the Indian calendar month of Ashwin, which corresponds to the months of September-October in the Gregorian calendar,[4][5] and is a ten-day festival,[6][2] of which the last five are of significance.[7][5] The puja is performed in homes and in the public, the latter featuring temporary stage and structural decorations (known as pandals). The festival is also marked by scripture recitations, performance arts, revelry, gift giving, family visits, feasting, and public processions. [2][8][9] Durga puja is an impportant festival in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism.[10][11][12]
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1) Durga Pooja or Durgotsav is the Hindu festival of India during which Goddess Durga is worshipped and revered across the country.
2) It commemorates the victory of Goddess Durga over the buffalo headed evil demon named Mahishasura to save the world from his evil deeds.
3) The Durga Pooja celebration commences with the first day of Navratri, a nine day festival devoted to the nine incarnations of Goddess Durga.
4) Durga Pooja coincides with the festival of Dussehra which also symbolizes the victory of good over evil.
5) Apart from worshipping Goddess
Durga, Saraswati, Lakshmi and
Ganesha are also worshipped during
the Durga Pooja celebrations with their
idols placed beside Goddess Durga.
6) The sixth day of Navratri festival is the day when idols of Goddess Durga is placed in the ‘Pandals’ and is opened to the devotees for worship.
7) Many Durga Pooja committees organise free feast to all where people from all walks of life sit together and enjoy the delicacies as a blessing of Goddess Durga.
8) The real celebration of Durga Pooja could only be experienced in the city of Joy, Kolkata, where Durga Pooja celebration is very mesmerizing and spiritual.
9) The festival concludes on the Vijaydashami when the idols are taken out from the huge pandals and taken for a round across the city following by its immersion in water bodies with devotional chants.
10) The annual festival of Durga Pooja is enjoyed with devotion, joy, spirituality and spreads happiness among the people giving the message of victory of good over evil.
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