If it is Durga Puja; then it is in Bengal . Why is the tradition of Durga Puja so special among Bengalis? Perhaps the answer lies in the famous Kalighat Temple in Kolkata. The region is associated with Goddess Shakti from time immemorial. Various Tantric texts identify the region from Dakshineswar to Behala as Kalishetra or the abode of Goddess Shakti. It is believed that all forms of Goddess Durga exist in this place. The worship of Goddess Durga gained prominence with the discovery of the feet of Goddess Sati from Kalikunda Pond in the vicinity. With this discovery, the place became one of the 51 Shakti shrines or Shakti Peethas. (After the death of Goddess Sati at the Daksha Yajna, Shiva was roaming around the world with it and this caused imbalance in the universe. Vishnu then used his Sudarshana Chakra to cut the body of Sati and it fell in 51 places on earth and these places came to be known as Shakti Peethas.) Archeological discoveries, Tantric texts of Ni