Housing Godess Durga

Amazing creations are made for a few days , spending many many many $$$ for the temporary structures where the goddess reside, some are so life like, it is hard to realze it is an temporary structure unless one sees the scaffolding.

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Housing Godess Durga

Amazing creations are made for a few days , spending many many many $$$ for the temporary structures where the goddess reside, some are so life like, it is hard to realze it is an temporary structure unless one sees the scaffolding.

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Durga Prepares for the journey

Durga Puja festival marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura. Thus, Durga Puja festival epitomises the victory of Good over Evil.


Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal, where iIn West Bengal and Tripura, which has a majority of Bengali Hindus, it is the biggest festival of the year. Not only is it the biggest Hindu festival celebrated throughout the state, it is also the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali Hindu society. Apart from eastern India, Durga Puja is also celebrated in. Durga Puja is also celebrated as a major festival in Nepal and in Bangladesh all over the places of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Bogra and other major places and all the villages of Bangladesh where the 20% population is Hindu.3-day National Holiday is being declared and most of the educational institutions remain closed as it is one of the major national festival also in Bangladesh which is widely celebrated and people from all religion participate in the program. Nowadays, many diaspora Bengali cultural organisations arrange for Durgotsab in countries such as the United States, Canada,,,
The prominence of Durga Puja increased gradually during the British Raj in Bengal. After the Hindu reformists identified Durga with India, she became an icon for the Indian independence movement In the first quarter of the 20th century, the tradition of Baroyari or Community Puja was popularised due to this. After independence, Durga Puja became one of the largest celebrated festivals in the whole world.

Ganesh The little elephant headed one

Mythological anecdotes of  Ganesha's elephant head makes him easy to identify,  worshipped as the lord of beginnings and as the lord of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences, and the god of intellect and wisdom.

While Ganesha is popularly considered to be the son of Shiva and Parvati,

Annecdotes:

Once there was a competition between Ganesha and his brother as to see who could circle the 3 words fastest,  and  win the fruit of knowledge. Skanda went off on a journey to cover the three worlds while Ganesha simply circumambulated his parents. When asked why he did so, he answered that his parents Shiva and Parvati constituted the three worlds and was thus given the fruit of knowledge.

Many stories, which explain how Ganesha obtained his Elephant head. Often, the origin of this particular attribute is to be found in the same anecdotes which tell about his birth. The stories also reveal the origins of the enormous popularity of his cult. Devotees sometimes interpret his elephant head as indicating intelligence, discriminative power, fidelity, or other attributes thought to be had by elephants. The large elephant ears are said to denote wisdom and the ability to listen to people who seek help.

The Boys - Kartikeya - son of shiva

Kartikeya,  son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati or Shakti, is known by many names In the southern states of India, Kartikeya is a popular deity and is  known as Murugan.

He is an embodiment of perfection, a war god, who was created to destroy the demons, representing the negative tendencies in human beings.

Kartikeya also called , Shadanana, which means ‘one with six heads’ corresponds to the five senses and the mind. The six heads also stand for his virtues enables him to see in all the directions - an important attribute that ensures that he counters all kinds blows that can hit him.

Kartikeya carries on one hand a spear and his other hand is always blessing devotees. His vehicle is a peacock, a pious bird that grips with its feet a serpent, which symbolizes the ego and desires of people. The peacock represents the destroyer of harmful habits and the conqueror of sensual desires.

The war imagery and the six heads of Kartikeya indicates that if humans wish to lead themselves efficiently through the battle of life, they must always be alert lest they are shown the wrong path by crafty people with the six demonic vices: kaama (sex), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha (passion), mada (ego) and matsarya (jealousy).

Laxmi and Swaraswati

The 1 day of Dusherra is here, the early morning ritual of waking up at 5 and listening to mahalaya the epic story is a must, the artisans are nearing the finish of there work on the idols, 5 day of development is left before the boys and girls, the ladies and the gents are out there in the festivities,

Seen here are the 2 most important goddess in life, Swaraswati and Laxmi, one for wealth and one for Education, the two necessities in today’s life.  Note they are ladies not gents who wield this enormous power yes we oppress the girl child in these day and age, GO FIGURE