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| + | <td colspan="" style="height: 100px;" bgcolor="#711111"><h1><center><font face="Times New Roman" SIZE=200 color=cyan align=top><a href="evs.html"> JAY JWALA MAA POOJA SAMITI </a></font></center></h1><a href="jago.html">Home</a> | <a href="page2.html">history </a> | <a href="page3.html">ABOUT DURGA POOJA</a> | <a href="page4.html">LEADERS</a> | <a href="page5.html">HOME IMAGE </a> | <a href="page6.html">Help</a> </td> | ||
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| + | <h3><center><font face="Times New Roman" SIZE=10color=blue align=top>HISTORY </font></center></h3><hr></hr> | ||
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| + | <h4><font color=GREEN><b>DURGA POOJA IS THE BEST FESTIVAL IN INDIA India is a land of holy places, holy rivers, and large religious festivals. Almost every aspect of life is infused with religious gestures, rites, and meaning. The importance of Hinduism as India’s most dominant religion extends far beyond the private sphere into the public realm. Every year hundreds of religious festivals and pilgrimages are celebrated all across this vast and diverse country, and being able to witness or participate in one or several of them is a great cultural or even spiritual experience for foreign visitors. Among India’s most colorful and lively festivals is Navratri (Festival of Nine Nights), and Durga Puja is one of the most popular versions of this festival celebrated in Eastern India, especially in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) in the state of West Bengal. For five days each year, the city takes on a festive atmosphere and comes to a complete standstill, when temporary temples spring up all over the city to honor the Hindu goddess Durga. Hundreds of thousands of worshippers from Kolkata and all over India visit these temples to pay their tribute. | ||
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| + | Navratri is a celebration of the victory of good over evil ,with several variations of the tradition all over India. Durga Puja specifically celebrates the victory of the goddess Durga over the bull demon Mahishasura. According to legend, Durga was summoned by the gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, to defeat the demon, who had set out to conquer the world. To help her win the battle, each of the major Hindu gods gave Durga weapons and other objects to assist her. Durga went into battle mounted on a lion and on the tenth day of the battle, she finally killed the demon. Navratri commemorates the nine days and nights of the battle between good and evil, but Durga Puja is celebrated only on the last five days, when according to legend, Durga leaves her heavenly abode to visit earth each year. Durga Puja attracts many visitors from all over India as well as foreign tourists, but the festival is especially popular among the people of West Bengal. The festival is a special occasion for Bengali families to come together from all over the country and celebrate with their relatives and communities. | ||
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| + | At the center of the Durga Puja celebration is the "pandal," a temporary pavilion and place of worship, where ceremonies and rituals take place. The city issues over a thousand permits for pandals in public spaces each year, and during they spring up in every neighborhood across Kolkata. Pandals are usually built with bamboo slats and papier-mâché and are richly painted and decorated. Artisans work for months to build them and make beautiful clay idols of the goddess and her family. The creation of clay idols is an especially sought-after craft, and only the most expert artisans are hired to do so. Each pandal has an altar, where the idols of Durga and other gods are displayed. Durga is usually depicted with eight or ten arms, sitting on a lion, with the defeated demon beneath her. She is usually accompanied by the idols of her sons Ganesh and Kartik, and her daughters Lakshmi and Saraswati. These clay sculptures are richly dressed and decorated with flower garlands and jewelry. | ||
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| + | Some of the pandals are small and simple, funded by communities and neighborhood associations through neighborhood fund-raising, but a growing number are very ostentatious and expensive, often sponsored by large businesses and corporations. Each pandal usually has a dedicated theme that varies from year to year and are often replicas of famous Indian temples. They may also have an ethnic theme or represent famous landmarks around the world. There is an ongoing competition between the different puja committees to come up with creative and unexpected themes each year to attract the most visitors, and some pandals of past Durga Puja celebrations have gained notoriety for daring and untraditional designs, sometimes provoking criticism from purists. </b><h4> | ||
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