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(1) Durga Puja, also called Durgotsava (pronounced, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess, Durga.
(2) It is particularly popular and traditionally celebrated in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Tripura and the country of Bangladesh, and the diaspora from this region, and also in Mithilanchal regions of Bihar and Nepal.
(3) The festival is observed in the Indian calendar month of Ashwin, which corresponds to the months of September–October in the Gregorian calendar, and is a ten-day festival, of which the last five are of significance.
(4) The puja is performed in homes and in the public, the latter featuring temporary stage and structural decorations (known as pandals).
(5) The festival is also marked by scripture recitations, performance arts, revelry, gift giving, family visits, feasting, and public processions.
(6) The primary goddess revered during Durga puja are Parvati Durga (a form of Parvati).
(7) Celebrations also include other major deities of Hinduism such as Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth), Saraswati (the goddess of knowledge and music), Ganesha (the god of good beginnings), and Kartikeya (the god of war).
(8) In Bengali and Odia traditions, these deities are considered to be Durga's children and Durga puja is believed to commemorate Durga's visit to her natal home with her children.
(9) The festival is preceded by Mahalaya, which is believed to mark the start of Durga's journey to her natal home. Primary celebrations begin on the sixth day (Shasthi), on which the goddess is welcomed with rituals.
(10) The festival ends on the tenth day (Vijaya dashami), when devotees embark on a procession carrying the worshipped clay sculpture-idols to a river, or other water body, and immerse them, symbolic of her return to the divine cosmos and her marital home with Shiva in Kailash.
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