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Tag: Worship of Goddess Durga

September 29, 2019

Ready Steady Go…Pandal Hooping!

After the prayers, the Prasad (sacred food) is distributed. Priests perform rituals by chanting religious verses.Bengalies prefer non-vegetarian foods during the festival

It’s Festival Time in Bengal

The four children are accompanying Durga-Laxmi,the goddess of wealth,Saraswati,the Goddess of knowledge,kartik,the god of worship and Ganesha,the elephant faced god representing everything that is good

September 10, 2019

The Autumn Festival of Bengal

The 10 handed Goddess Durga made up of clay is on top of a lion.Her hands carry different weapons in them except two which holds the spear which has been struck into the chest of Mahishasura (demon)

December 31, 2018

2018: Best of the Bests

Among the Muslim-majority ethnic group, there are approximately 450 Hindus living in the city of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

November 7, 2018

Dhakis are the Intregal part of...

Dhakis or Drummers are the intregal part of any puja (worship) in India.In West Bengal,they are basically farmers or agricultural workers or rickshaw puller or any other manual job to earn a living.

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