Uploads from Dipanjan Roy, tagged puja

Digital Divine..........

nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:15:10 -0700

Gearing Up.......

nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:22:09 -0700

The annual autumnal Bengali extravaganza......Durga Puja celebrating the triumph of good over evil in the form of goddess Durga prevailing over demon king Mahishahura, usually takes place in the month of October spread over a period of four days. The Indian state of West Bengal, the country of Bangladesh and Bengalis spread over the rest of the world celebrate this festival with much gaiety and pomp. General bonhomie pervades the air in both rural and urban Bengal. Festivities range from utilitarian forms of worship involving a few to elaborate grand affairs involving entire communities.

The city of Kolkata, (West Bengal, India) comes forward as the place where the celebrations have managed to attain a separate dimension altogether in terms of style and grandeur. Still four days to go but the city's already making an effort to get us into the mood.

"Shashti"........Kolkata.

nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:19:36 -0700

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The city of Kolkata (West Bengal, India).......decked up for the festival of Durga Puja.

Widely considered to be the grandest of all bengali festivals, this event is celebrated from the sixth to the tenth day of "Devipaksha" (fortnight of the goddess) which corresponds to the waxing phase of moon in the month of "Ashwin" (September – October) according to the traditional Hindu lunar calendar. The sixth day or "shashti" marks the invoking of the goddess on Earth and the beginning of festivities.

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nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:21:12 -0700

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Mondop shojja........

nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:20:36 -0700

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Gotobaarer dokkhin kolkatar ekti pujomondop...........

Gotobarer pujo.......

nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:20:55 -0700

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Dokkhin kolkatar ekti pujomondop............

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nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:20:15 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:21:06 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:18:52 -0700

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Ar matro koekta din..........

nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:19:24 -0700

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Durgotsav 2010, Salt Lake F D Block........Kolkata........

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nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:18:34 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:19:35 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (Dipanjan Roy) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:18:28 -0700

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