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Boubazar Shitolatala Chandannagar
Continue ReadingAnother traditional puja in the form of an open pandal (outdoor tent) was recently put together by Neogi Bagan Jagadhatri Puja committee, Chandannagar.
Continue ReadingGolden Jubilee of the Jagadhatri Puja at Chandannagar. The organizers had hired a local goldsmith Senco Jewelers to make painted decorations made entirely out of real gold and decorated the area around the main altar with them. Some of the ornaments were really quite astonishing, such as one that depicted a deity wrapped in real […]
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Continue ReadingThe Dey family puja of the Nilmoni Thakurdalan in Bowbazar, Kolkata has been ongoing for over a century. On Nabami days, four pujas are performed here. The Dhuno Poran ritual is also practiced. Widows of the family are generally responsible for managing the thakurdalan on their own accord including hiring their own cooks and doing […]
Continue ReadingThe Jagadhatri puja is a festival dedicated to Hindu mythology’s goddess Jagadhatri. The celebration is held on the day of Nabami and it is hosted by the Sarkar family who have been hosting the ceremony for 190 years. This puja follows tantric rituals and involves offering bhog (cooked rice, lentil dahls, vegetables,chutney) to Maa Jagadratri. […]
Continue ReadingThe puja here is definitely very old; it began many years ago.The deity has been worshiped since 1752,and the current dalan where they conduct the worship of the idol was built over 150 years ago.The first dalan was located in C.R. Avenue, which runs through the road leading up to this area. There is no […]
Continue ReadingBatakrishna Pal’s ancestral house was situated in Shibpur of Howrah district, where Durga Puja is a rather popular annual celebration. There Lakshmi Durga is worshipped. Over time, this devout reverent of Devi decided to move to the bustling chattel of Calcutta, in 1855 and set up his medicine shop in Shovabazar area. And immediately he […]
Continue ReadingThe puja is held at 1, Muktaram Babu Second Lane and 12, Santoshpur. The puja is nearly 250 years old. The family had its roots in Rajshahi (presently in Bangladesh). Later the ancestors of this family settled at a place in Maitrabagan at Adharmanigram in Basirhat of North 24 Parganas. The puja was stopped for […]
Continue ReadingGirish Chandra Dey and other staunch devotees built a temple back in 1897. They had their first puja this year at their friends house, Manik Lal Dey’s house, after they finished constructing the Thanthania Kalibari. For 12 years they carried on with the puja while they worked hard to build an even more awesome puja […]
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