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According to mythology, during the Great Goddess Durga Puja comes to his family in Bengal, and statues that are intricately designed rooms for the occasion to visit. . Www.flickr.com 0olong user
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According to mythology, during the Great Goddess Durga Puja comes to his family in Bengal, and statues that are intricately designed rooms for the occasion to visit. . Www.flickr.com 0olong user
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The statues of goddess Durga in this richly decorated pandals installed in the streets of Calcutta. Www.flickr.com color crystal user
The wide Jodhpur Park pandal is one of the most popular in the south of Calcutta. His topics were wide and varied, with some more traditional than in other years. In 2014 it will go high-tech. It is interesting that the idol made of biodegradable materials created by a 3D printer, makes the three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. A digital sculpting program is used to create the file. Apparently it will be the first of its kind in the world.
Location: South Kolkata. The pandal is Jadavpur Thana, Jodhpur Park, directly at Gariahat Road South. (Jodhpur Park is near Gariahat and Dhakuria). The nearest train station is Dhakuria.
Navaratri is a festival of nine nights in honor of the Mother Goddess in all her manifestations, including Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. It is a festival full of worship and dance. The festival ends with Dussehra, the victory of good over evil, the tenth day.
Usually the end of September / beginning of October each year. Navaratri In 2014 September 25 and October 3 begins ending dates of the festival are determined according to the lunar calendar.
Check out the dates for Navaratri festival in the coming years.
The festival is celebrated throughout India, but in different ways. Navaratri celebrations recognized the most extravagant and can be seen in the west of India, across the state of Gujarat and Mumbai. In West Bengal, Navaratri and Dussehra celebrated as Durga Puja.
In western India, Navaratri is celebrated nine nights of dance. Traditional dances of Gujarat, Garba and Dandiya RAAS are known as performed in environments with dancers in colorful dresses. Small stems are decorated dandiyas calls in the Dandiya of RAAS used.
In Mumbai, taking dance floors and clubs throughout the city. While some of them retained a traditional flavor, the introduction of disco dandiya gave Navaratri celebrations in Mumbai glamor with a modern twist. Today, people lose the reins of his dance to a remix fusion of rhythms and loud Hindi pop music.
In Delhi, the role of the Navaratri celebrations are Ramlila games around the city instead. Effigies of demon Ravana towering burnt on Dussehra in the present proceedings. According to Hindu mythology, the Ramayana, early Navaratri, Rama prayed to Durga to give divine power to kill Ravana. He received authority from the eighth day and was finally defeated in Dussehra Ravana.
In southern India, known as Navaratri Golu is celebrated by the display of dolls. The dolls are a symbol of feminine power.
Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati - revered in the nine days of the Mother Goddess in different forms.
Each goddess is worshiped for three days, switch from Durga destroys the negative tendencies. Then comes Lakshmi are good virtues and happiness, and the last is Saraswati, inspired wisdom and spiritual knowledge. Worship, accompanied by fasting, it is morning. Evenings are for celebrating and dancing.
Bahadur Shah Zafar the Mughal king Ramlila began about 180 years ago, his army and the people. It is the oldest and most traditional in Delhi. Every day before the show starts, there is a costume parade through the streets of Old Delhi (Chandni Chowk, Nai sarak and Sitaram Bazar) at Ramlila grounds artist. Unfortunately, the enthusiasm has fallen for him in recent years. Dussehra is the fireworks celebration, the opportunity instead to commemorate the theatrics of modern times and special effects.
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A pundit (Hindu priest) offers AATI (fire worship) for a bid on one of the big pandals of Kolkata. . Www.flickr.com kulasundari user