This post primarily meant to provide the Durga Puja 2013 dates. The Durga Puja traditionally begins on the Mahalaya in Ashwin month, a day when Chandi Stotram is recited as an invitation for Goddess Durga to descend to earth. In 2013, Mahalaya is on October 4 (in Bengali Calendars). Durga Puja festivities and rituals begin on the Maha Saptami day.
October 10, 2012 – Maha Shashti
October 11, 2012 – Maha Saptami
October 12, 2012 – Maha Ashtami or Mahashtami
October 12, 2012 – Mahanabami or Mahanavami
October 13, 2012 – Vijaya Dasami or Vijayadashami
On the Shashti day, Kalash is prepared and it is kept in the house and with it begins rituals and celebrations.
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right now im in toronto(canada), but i will miss joy of durga puja. sukhvinder
at present i'm in Jammu City,but definitely go to Bengal,my home town during Puja.....Satyabrota
Now,i am in mumbai.Going to home in puja after 1 long year.Got my job as software engineer.Hope i will do lots of shopping for family and relatives.All because of blessings of Ma Durga.Thanks.
Another three months to go :) Puja is coming early this year. Preparations have already started in various places across Kolkata. Happy Durga Puja to all...
Ok, thanks for the information. We have our Durgapuja (3rd year ) in Munich, Germany. About 150 people, both indians and germans attend the festival. Our priest will come again this year from seweden.
Myself: I am from Dover Lane, Ballygunge, live in Munich for the last 25 years.
Thanks again
Kumar Mitra/Germany
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I am in Hyderabad for the last 10 years and we all anxiously wait for this time of the year. Surprisingly I have seen people who after retirement has returned back to Kolkata, but during Durga Puja they come to Hyderabad for tose five days.
It is celebration time and I sincerely hope everyone have fun and meet old friends. Specially I pray to almighty that it passes off peacefully.
What a pleasant time comming as Maa Durga comming to her home! I am in Bhopal since 9 months for job (Environmentalist) & going home after a long time! I do lots of shopping! will have adda with my friends & lots of fun with my dudes! watching movies, searching for new girl friend, have delicious & tongue smacking bengali dishes. Really these days make my life green again after a lonf time! joi maa durga, durgoti nashini.............
don't know if I can go to my hometown in Shillong this time... I really want to go... 4 years I couldn't go.. so hoping this time.
I am at Bhubaneswar, Odisha from the last 2 years and now I am very much excited that this year I am going to my home town for Durga Puja... It is very nice that I will meet all my friends. In my opinion Pujo means "ADDA", where I will meet my friends and family, spend time with them, eat, drink and enjoy....Jai Durga ma.
I am at Bhubaneswar, I am very much excited for buy a new car.i will visit all puja mandap bbsr & ctc with my family and do lots of shopping. i pray to maa durge all peaple of india spend own life peacefully.
jai mata di
saroj
am susanta. am now in assam. 6 months after i ll go home. fr that i do lots of shopping. and sabtheke bhalo lage nabamir din mayer thane prasad khete. apnader sabaike pujar hardik subhcha
ami bhalo achi apnara pujar age kemon achen ? pujar age pet ta bhalo kore khali korun anek khete hobe.
now ma is on descending path to us. how i would love to be among beloved persons of my family! my mind is always among them, with them.i always think of a sister (rakhi sister) and her husband who is my best friend (more than 50-years friendship! i wish all of them a nice puja festival.
I have been out of the country for almost 20yrs. Went back during Pujo 11yrs ago. I become very heavy hearted & nostalgic at this time of the year. Memories of my childhood going to pandals,giving anjali, spending time with friends & family all come rushing back. I don't particularly enjoy the Puja atmosphere here where I live. So I spend time listening to Mahalaya, Bengali songs & get the taste of Durga Pujo from Tara music & Bengali news on TV.
good post.many thanks.keep up the good work
sourabh sarkar
good post,Memories of my childhood going to pandals,giving anjali, spending time with friends & family all come rushing back.
Going to kolkata, cannot miss Durga Puja for anything.
From Bangladesh.....
greetings from Bangladesh
We are celebrating Durga Puja here in Dhaka. Sarodio Suveccha for all from my city.
Dipak
Hon'ble Sir / Madam ,
Our organization Youth Fraternity Foundation (YFF) has undertaken a project: Pushpanjali Prawaha ‘The flow of devotional flowers’ the new method for disposal of left over flowers and other puja samigri in the year 2011 in Delhi.
We hereby want to draw your kind attention to the pollution that happens in Yamuna every year. These pollutants are nothing but the left over sacred puja samigri used during the worship i.e. Flowers, Religious Cards /Posters/ Calendars, Pictures of different deities on the packets of Incense sticks, Clothes in sacks and Plastic bags etc.
During 4th to 7th Oct , 2011 on the occasion of " Shardiya Navratras & "Durga Pooja" around 40,000 people will put near about 6.0 lac kg of sacred material in the Yamuna. We can stop this once for all and solicit your cooperation.
Since last 10 years Yamuna has been polluted every year with these sacred items. Yamuna is filled up with silt thus narrowing the river bed that cause floods in rainy season in Delhi. More over the river basis has also been narrowed/squeezed these are the reasons that the river is drying gradually but at an alarming rate und become prone to floods.
This is a matter of concern for the Govt. of Delhi and other organization involved to check pollution in NCT but despite of the best efforts to check the pollution in river Yamuna people are not ready to cooperate, however, our Foundation interact with the people of the city and explained the plan and they are ready to cooperate and come forward to extend helping hands in this noble cause. I hereby request your goodself to come forward and support our foundation to check pollution in Yamuna. The Foundation has all the arrangements to stop the people from polluting it further and anticipating your active cooperation to sanctify Yamuna & keep the environment Safe and Clean. The Foundation has both the reason and solution to this problem.
Thank you.
Gopi Dutt Aakash ( President )
The Foundation checks the people who dump or throw left over pooja samigri in Yamuna and to clean the river by taking out the same besides making arrangements to avoid polluting the river further.
GOPIDUTTAAKASH
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Hey, this is all a stupid idea! its not that i hate god, but i'm not interested in holding a party. THIS IDEA SHOULD BE RENAMED TRI-STATE PARTY. A pooja is a pooja!
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