Durga Puja
type: Q1656682
type: Thing
type: Event
type: SocietalEvent
type: Convention
label: Durgapudźa @pl
label: Дурга-пуджа @ru
label: Дурґа-Пуджа @uk
label: Durgā pūjā @fr
label: Durgá Puyá @es
subject: Category:September observances
subject: Category:Hindu festivals
subject: Category:Bengali festivals
subject: Category:Festivals in West Bengal
subject: Category:Festivals in Odisha
subject: Category:October observances
subject: Category:Symbols of West Bengal
subject: Category:Public holidays in Bangladesh
subject: Category:Durga Puja
subject: Category:Festivals in Assam
footer: Left: Durga Puja festivities by dancers and musicians in Calcutta, circa 1830s-40s; right: Patna style painting of Durga Puja, circa 1809
footer: Two theme-based pandals in Kolkata.
footer: From top left to bottom right Structure of a Durga sculpture-idol being made at Kumortuli; Lady carrying offerings for the puja; Sandhi puja on the day of Ashtami; Immersion of the sculpture-idol on Vijaya Dashami.
footer: From top left to bottom right A craftsperson sculpting the face of the sculpture-idol; Durga Puja pandal decorations in Kolkata; Interior decorations of a pandal; Street lights installed during the festivities.
footer: Left: Dhaks, played during the pujo; right: Dhunuchi naach on Navami; bottom: Women taking part in sindoor khela on Vijaya Dashami.
footer: Left: Durga Puja in Germany, in 2009; Right: Durga Puja in the Netherlands, in 2017.
genre: Religious festival
genre: Festival
genre: Religious and cultural festival
status: Optional holiday in Pakistan
status: Public holiday in Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha,Tripura, Bihar, Assam and the country Bangladesh and Nepal
participants: Mainly Eastern, Northeast India and Hindus in Bangladesh and Nepal
image: Durga Puja sindoor khela before image immersion Vijaya Dashami.jpg
image: William Prinsep, Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house in Calcutta during Durga puja .jpg
image: 20170930065217000
image: DurgapujaNl.jpg
image: Durga Puja Pandal Interior - Bosepukur Sitala Mandir - Kasba - Kolkata 2017-09-26 4162.JPG
image: Durga Puja Köln 2009 1.jpg
image: Vibrant decorations at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata.jpg
image: Sandhi puja at Ballygange Cultural Club Kolkata DSCN1373.jpg
image: Village - Durga Pujo.jpg
image: 2010
image: 2011
image: Durga Idol Making.jpg
image: Durga Puja Lights.jpg
image: Durga_Puja,_1809_watercolour_painting_in_Patna_Style.jpg
image: Aarti-dance-bangalore-2009.jpg
image: Initial framework of Durga Idol by Straw, Kumortuli.jpg
image: Sovabazar Royal Durga Idol Immersion Arrangement - River Hooghly - Baghbazar Ghat - Kolkata 2014-10-03 9214.jpg
caption align: center
align: left
align: right
total width: 300
total width: 400
total width: 250
perrow: 2
width: 30.0
b: no
wikt: no
free label: Main observation
description: A 47-seconds sample of dhak playing.
free text: Ceremonial worship of Goddess Durga
begins: Pitru Paksha
ends: Vijayadashami
nickname: Durgotsava, Shaaradotsava
frequency: Annual
source: — Hymn to start the Durga Puja,
source: Translator: David Kinsley
q: no
quote: Durga Puja as a harvest festivalOm you are rice [wheat...], Om you are life, you are the life of the gods, you are our life, your are our internal life, you are long life, you give life, Om the Sun with his rays
events: Worshipping Hindu deities, family and other social gatherings, shopping and gift-giving, feasting, pandal visiting, and cultural events
format: Ogg
sound recording: Durga Puja Sound 1
filename: Puja dhak.ogg
description: 在印度次大陸的印度教節日 @zh
description: ଦୁର୍ଗା ମା'ଙ୍କ ପୂଜା @or
description: جشنواره سالانه هندو @fa
description: Hindu festival in Indian subcontinent
description: festività hindu @it