Paragraph on Durga Puja Shopping during the covid 19 pandemic situation
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In a normal year, Durga Puja begins a week after Mahalaya, the day the ancestors are honoured. 2020 is anything but a normal year. The inauspicious Mala Maash, a month with two new moons, commenced right after Mahalaya on 17 September. Durga Puja had to wait till Mala Maash ended a month later.
The joke went that the Goddess Durga had left Mount Kailash as usual with her family but in a year of COVID it’s just taken them longer to get here. Hence the unseasonal gap. Now it seems thanks to the Calcutta High Court, the Goddess will be in home quarantine inside her pandal
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Durga Puja is not only a festival but an emotion for many Bengalis. With coronavirus playing the spoilsport this year, pandal hopping is off the chartsThe festive week of Durga Puja is here. The fragrance of the orange and white flowers, mingles with the autumn breeze to herald Durga Puja, but the festivities are missing this year as a wary quiet overtakes the sound of festivities.
Amid the Covid-19 scare, celebrations are set to be low key with rituals going online, sans idols, cultural programmes or ‘bhog’.
The raging coronavirus pandemic has somewhat dampened the spirit of the festival as celebrations move to the virtual platform. Some away from
home while others forced to stay inside due to Covid-19 protocols, grand pandals, huge idols, call of the conchs and the dhakis are surely being missed.
The country is celebrating Durga Puja amid a pandemic and so this year is bound to be different