Durga Puja : Durga Puja : Durgapuja

Durga Puja is celebrated by the Bengalis especially in West Bengal with much pomp and grandeur. Apart from the usual rituals performed during the pujas, singing, dancing and other cultural programmes also play an integral part of the festival. Durga puja has evolved into a significant socio-cultural event in our country.
Traditional Household Durga Puja	Durga Puja Bengali E-card	Durga Screen Saver

Features on the traditional household Durga Puja of Calcutta, a tour to the oldest Durga Puja.......more	Send beautiful Bengali E-greetings of Durga Puja to your friends and relatives... .... more	This festive season a gamut of screen savers of Goddess Durga...... more
The evolution of Bengali fashion	Durga Puja-Kumari /Puja	Sri Durga Chalisa

Fashion in Bengal too evolved in its own pace.... more	"Kumari" (Virgin) form of the Goddess Durga was emphasised......more on Durgapuja - Kumari puja	Durga Chalisa are a set of 40 mantras in four quartets. Durga Chalisa is sung in the praise of Goddess Durga.........more
Durga Puja Bisharjan (immersion)	Durga Puja to a Bengali	Mahalaya Bengali E-card

This act of giving away the Goddess is Bisharjan. Our sastras depart the Goddess in number of ways......more on Durga puja - Bisharjan	In Bengal Durga Puja is a nine day long celebration.... .....more	Send Durga Puja E-cards in Bengali text to your friends, relatives, and others ...send mahalaya e card with bengali text

Recipes of Traditional Houses	Send Bijoya Ecard in Bengali	Behind the Durga Puja

Some selected recipes from the traditional puja households of Kolkata....... ..... more	"To celebrate Dessehra or greet Shubho Bijoya, send beautiful Bijoya e-cards to your loved ones and family. ......more	Important people who are behind the glory of the festival........ more
E-Puja : Durga Puja	Marriage of Durga	Probashe Durga Puja

It is an interactive presentation where the devotee can offer flowers, light the lamps, play the dhak, and do aarti....more	Marriage of Shiva and Parvati is a two-episode love story...more	The worship of the Goddess Durga is not limited within Bengal...........more
Durga Puja Preparations	Ritualistic Sacrifice	Durga Puja Cuisines

Months before the Durga Puja artisans start to breathe in life in the images of Durga......more on Durga idol making	Sacrifice implies religious practice of offering food and valuable objects to gods and goddesses..... more	Delicious delicacies are always a part of this festive occasion....more
Durga Puja Articles	Metamorphosis of the Bengali taste	Nabadurga

"Kumari" (Virgin) form of the Goddess Durga was emphasised.......more	Food has always been a weakness for the Bengalis..... ....more	The nine enchanting forms of the Goddess Durga is elucidated here....more about Naba Durga
Durga Puja-Akalbodhon	Durga Puja-Kolabou

Akal' means untime and 'bodhan' means awakening..... .....more on akal bodhon of Ma Durga	Kolabou in reality has no relationship with Ganesh ...... .....more