Puja Rituals – Meerapur Barwari Durga Puja Committee https://meerapurdurgapuja.com A Step away to 50 Years of Durga Puja @ Meerapur, Allahabad Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:19:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Puja Rituals – Meerapur Barwari Durga Puja Committee https://meerapurdurgapuja.com 32 32 Sindoor-Utsav (Khela) https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/sindoor-utsav-khela/ https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/sindoor-utsav-khela/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:07:15 +0000 https://digitaldurgapuja.com/?p=172 Sindoor-Utsav (Khela) On the last day of Durga Puja, married women gather at the Puja pandals and smear each other with Sindur (vermillion) much like playing with colours in Holi. The color of vermillion eclipses the glow of other colors on Vijaya Dashami, when married women of the Bengali community indulge in Sindur Khela. . It is an age-old customary ritual for them to exchange good wishes and…

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Sandhi Puja https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/sandhi-puja/ https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/sandhi-puja/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:06:09 +0000 https://digitaldurgapuja.com/?p=169 Sandhi Puja (Ram ki Shakti Aradhana) The most spectacular part of Durga Puja celebration, Sandhi Puja is performed at the sandhi-kaal (moment) when Maha Ashtami ends and Maha Navami begins. This ritualistic ceremony holds special significance because it is believed that the Goddess killed the Mahishasur (buffalo demon) at this time. Devi Durga engaged in a fierce battle against Mahishasura and…

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Kumari Puja https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/kumari-puja/ https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/kumari-puja/#respond Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:58:43 +0000 https://digitaldurgapuja.com/?p=74 Kumari Puja (Kanya Pujan) Kumari Puja is held wherever Ramakrishna Math & Mission is in the world. Swami Vivekananda, the founder of Belur Math, had initiated Kumari Puja in appreciation of Sri Ramakrishna’s devotion to Divine Mother and faith in Mother Worship. A similar activity with slight difference in the northern part of India is popularly known as “Kanya Pujan”. Kumari Puja on Maha Ashtami…

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Kola Bou Snan https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/mahalaya/ https://meerapurdurgapuja.com/mahalaya/#respond Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:54:10 +0000 https://digitaldurgapuja.com/?p=68 Banana Bride (Kola Bou) One of the first rituals of Durga Puja is the Kola-Bou Snan on Saptami morning. The day starts with the ritual where a banana plantain with eight other plants is tied with yellow threads and the twigs of the Aparajita plant. It is then bathed and draped in the Laal par shada saree (traditional red and white saree). The leaves are smeared with vermillion while various…

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