Durga Puja – Saptami
October 8, 2016 17:00
This is something I had to write about, because what else is more important to a Bong (Bengali) other than Durga Puja. Saptami means the seventh day of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja is the pride of Bengal. Our ten days of Durga Puja is all we wait for, throughout the year. When those ten days arrive, we dress West Bengal as a bride. Its is believed that Durga Ma arrives through different modes every year. This year, it is believed that she arrived on boat i.e. through waters. How similar this religious belief is, to what the weather forecast says, that Bengal is going to face rains over the couple of days.
My exams are due in a week, and all I can concentrate is Durga Puja. I am a Bengali staying in Bangalore, but these 10 days are no less important to me than any other Bengali.The joy that…
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October 8, 2016 13:05
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, 19 january 1809 – Baltimora, 7 october 1849) RIP
Durga Puja of Sabarna Roychoudhury Family, Barisha
October 8, 2016 13:03
Family Puja of Saborna Roychaudhury, the Founder of Calcutta. Today the ” Aatchala Bari” still remains. It was built by Laksmikanta Gangopadhyay and Durga Puja started by him in the year 1610. Therefore this Puja is more than 400 years old.
The family has been celebrating Durga Puja since 1610 in their ancestral home at Barisha. It is possibly the oldest organised festival in the Kolkata region. Today eight Durga Pujas are held by branches of the family. Out of these, six are at Barisha, the seventh is at Birati while the eighth at Nimta. The Pujas held at Barisha are those of Aatchala, Baro Bari, Mejo Bari, Benaki Bari, Kalikingkar Bhawan and Majher Bari. Above is the View of Aatchala Durga Puja of 2016.
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Close up view of the idol
FAMILY HISTORY
The Sabarna Ray Chaudhury (সাবর্ণ রায় চৌধুরী) family were the Zamindar (superior landlords) of the then Calcutta area, prior…
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