On the occasion of Vijay Dashmi, women bid farewell to Goddess Durga with a ritual known as 'Sindoor Khela' in Sainthia of Birbhum district on Tuesday. This ritual takes place on the final day of Durga Puja, a major festival in India, particularly in West Bengal.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday went pandal-hopping in his native Odisha, visiting a number of Durga Pujas in Sambalpur district on Maha Navami and offering prayers to the goddess.
After a stampede broke out at a crowded Durga Puja pandal in Bihar's Gopalgunj, leaving a child and two women dead, District Magistrate Nawal Kishor Choudhary said all three of them died while being taken to a hospital.
In a heart-wrenching incident amid the Durga Puja celebrations, two women and a child died and more than ten people were injured in a stampede at a crowed pandal in Bihar's Gopalgunj on Monday late evening.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 23: Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd., one of India's leading consumer electricals brands, spiced up this year's Durga Puja festival with the debut of its 'Shera Khabar', fine dish cooking competition. Having taken place in select prominent Kol
The Taleju Bhawani temple, situated within the Hanumandhoka Durbar area, is opened only on the day of Mahanawami or Ashwin Shukla Nawami (the ninth day in the month of Asoj as per the lunar calendar) every year.
During this, CM Chouhan showered flower petals on girls, washed their feet and served food to them. The chief minister also fed the girls with his own hand on the occasion.
'Jawar' is placed in a mud pot called 'Khappar' and it is installed on the first day of Navratri. It is a traditional form of worshipping Goddess Durga when the statues were not so popular. After the worship, the immersion of Jawar takes place on the last day of Navratri.