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Durga Puja
Durga Puja, is an annual Hindu festival which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura. As per Hindu cultures, the festival marks the victory of goddess Durga in her battle against the shape-shifting asura. The festival epitomizes the victory of good over evil, though it is also in part a harvest festival celebrating the....
Durga Puja, is an annual Hindu festival which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura. As per Hindu cultures, the festival marks the victory of goddess Durga in her battle against the shape-shifting asura. The festival epitomizes the victory of good over evil, though it is also in part a harvest festival celebrating the goddess as the motherly power behind all of life and creation. Durga puja is an old tradition of Hinduism. The Durga Puja, is a ten-day festival of which the last five are of the most significance. The Puja is performed in homes and public, the latter featuring a temporary stage and structural decorations (known as Pandals). It is particularly popular and traditionally celebrated in the Indian States of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Bihar and the country of Bangladesh.
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Activities
Day to Day activities, competition, themes, or event line-ups like a holy dip in the lake, pandal hopping. An elaborate community bhog or food-offering to the Goddess, is prepared and then partaken by congregations on each day of the festivities. On the tenth day, or Bijoya Dashami, the Goddess is borne away to the sounds of the dhak, or traditional drum for immersion in nearby rivers or water bodies.
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Department of Information and Cultural Affairs
Director, Information and Cultural Affairs
Gangail Rd, Dhaleswar, Agartala, Tripura 799001
03812324688
icadirector[dot]tripura[at]gmail[dot]Com
How to reach
The nearest airport is Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport,
which is 15 KMs away.
The nearest convenient railway station is Jogendranagar Railway Station,
which is 5 KMs away.
The nearest major city is Agartala,
which is 2KMs away.
