Mahalaya Date 2013 4 October 2013 Mahalaya (মহালযা) is the day when countdown to Durga Puja begins- six days before the grand Mahashasthi when Goddess Durga is awakened to the five days extravagant worshipping and festivities! Mahalaya is an auspicious day which marks ‘Agomoni’- the advent of Durga. Durga Agomoni can be understood as a kind of invitation to the...
Durga Puja Dates 2013 Durga Puja during 9-13 October 2013 Mahalaya- 4 October, 2013 Maha Sasthi- 9 October, 2013 Maha Saptami- 10 October, 2013 Maha Astami- 11 October, 2013 Maha Nabami- 12 October, 2013 Maha Dasami- 13 October, 2013 Durga Puja is the most dear and biggest festival of Bengal. Durga Pujo (দুর্গা পুজো ) or simply ‘Pujo’, as it...
Rath Yatra, the world famous Chariot Festival of Lord Jagannath, his brother Lord Balarama and their sister Subhadra is celebrated in a grand manner in the coastal town of Puri situated in the temple state of India, Orissa. The Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra is the age old traditional festival of Orissa for which not only the people of Orissa...
Rabindra Nath Tagore (1861-1941) – the great Indian poet, philosopher, musician, writer, and educationist- was born on May 7, 1861 which corresponds to 25th of Baisakh month in the Bengali calendar of 1268. 25th of Bangla Baisakh month is known as ‘Pocheeshe Boishakh’. Pocheeshe Boishakh (পোচীশে বৈশাখ – 25th Baisakh) thus is one of the important cultural festivals of...
Bihu (বিহু) is the most important festival of Assam. In fact, Bihu is representative of Assamese culture throughout the world. Of all the three Bihu festivals, Bohag Bihu or Rongali Bihu is the most important one as it is the new year festival of Assam and marks the beginning of crop season. Rongali Bihu is celebrated in the month...
Nobo Borsho marks the new year day as per the the Bengali calender and is celebrated in West Bengal with great fervor and joy. Nobo Borsho (নব বর্শ) is the Bangla term meaning New Year (Nobo= new and Borsho=year). It is also popularly called Poila Baishakh (পইলা বৈশাখ) or the first day of Vaisakh month which is the first...
Basanti Puja- as the name suggests- is observed in the season of Spring (Basant is the Hindi name of Spring). This puja is performed in the month of Chaitra in Bengali calendar which corresponds to March-April of English calendar. Basanti Puja is an ageold Bengali festival when Goddess Durga is worshiped by Bengali community in Kolkata as well as...
Saraswati Puja is one of the main festivals of East India which is celebrated on the 5th day of Magh month of Hindu Calender which falls in January or February of English Calender. This is the day called Basant Panchami or Vasant Panchmi (Fifth Day of Spring) and indicates the beginning of Spring season. On this day, Goddess Saraswati...
