Greeks and Romans have their Muses, the nine sisters who inhabited Mount Helicon or Mount Parnassus. Homer and Virgil prayed to the Muses for literary inspiration. For Bengali boys Saraswati Puja is no study day for friendship celebration.BENGALI people have their own muse, Saraswati. Every year Bengalis worship Goddess Saraswati on the day of ‘Vasant panchami’ meaning the Festive Spring, which is...
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city celebrated Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja with traditional fervour on Saturday. Devotees thronged temples and puja pandals to offer prayers to the deity and seek her blessings. Members of Bengali and Oriya communities organised Saraswati pujas at different places in the city.The day marks the advent of spring season. It is believed that goddess Saraswati showers her blessings on people especially...
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Vasant Panchami, most schools of Jaipur and local Bengali community performed Saraswati Puja followed by immersion of the clay idols of the deity in various water bodies. Saraswati idols were dressed in yellow or white silken clothes, and yellow sweets were distributed within the Bengali families.The festival, dedicated to Mother Saraswati, deemed as the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture,...
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celebrated 'Mahasashti' at Institute of Engineering, Dugri on Sunday, marking the beginning of Durga puja. The pandals were decorated with fresh flowers and amidst rhythmic beating of 'dhak' (drum) and chanting of mantras, the idols of goddesses Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati and of lord Ganesha and Karthik - that were prepared over the last three months - were ceremoniously installed.A Bengali poem...
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fag end of Ashtami witnessed sandhi puja being organised at various pandals to mark the beginning of 'Mahanavami'.The day of Mahanavami brings a feeling of gloominess in the hearts of every Bengali as it is observed as the last day of the Durga Puja celebration.After the Sandhi Puja is conducted in the night, in the morning a special 'yajna' (ritual) is conducted with the priest chanting 'mantras'...
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Maa Kali Puja, also known as Kali Puja, is performed on the Amavasi day of the Aashin month according to the Bengali calendar. It also coincides with Diwali night.starts during late night hours and sometimes at midnight too. "We will bring the idol of Goddess Kali to the Sector 17 Panchkula temple from thein Sector 47, Chandigarh, on Diwali night. The tantric puja will start after 9pm along with mantra...
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Both Bengalis and non-Bengalis of Pune came in droves to join the festivities at the Congress Bhavan in Shivajinagar for Mahapanchami, the first day of the Durga Puja, the Bengali festival where goddess Durga is worshipped with pomp and devotion.Since the past 72 years, Durga Puja is celebrated by the Bengali association Bangiya Sanskruti Samsad in the city.“The initial venue for the puja was near...
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occasion of joy and festivity turned tensed as more than 300 students in Sonapur of Assam fallen ill after having poisonous Prasad of Saraswati Puja on FridayQuotes...
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Priyanka Chopra does a 'Barfi' step during the Saraswati Puja, hosted by Pritam and Anurag Basu in Mumbai. (BCCL)Copyright...
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Bengal celebrated the day of knowledge by worshiping Goddess Saraswati with colour, ceremonies and fervour - and no studies.Saraswati puja, the rite of worship to the goddess of learning, is one of the biggest festivals in the Bengali calendar year after Diwali.on the occasion. The goddess is also being worshipped in homes, schools and colleges.Wearing bright yellow clothes signifying the onset of...
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