Durga Puja
Durga Puja is the most important festival of Bengalis all over the world. Durga Puja is celebrated from the sixth to tenth day of the waxing moon in the month of Ashwin which is the sixth month in the Bengali calendar. Occasionally however, due to shifts in the lunar cycle relative to the solar months, it may also be held in the following month, Kartika.
In the Krittibas Ramayana, Rama invokes the goddess Durga in his battle against Ravana. Although she was traditionally worshipped in the spring, due to contingencies of battle, Rama had to invoke her in the autumn akaal bodhan. Today it is this Rama's date for the puja that has gained ascendancy, although the spring puja, known as Basanti Puja, is also present in the Hindu almanac. Since the season of the puja is Shôrot autumn, it is also known as Shôrodia.
The pujas are held over a ten-day period, which is traditionally viewed as the coming of the married daughter, Durga, to her father, Himalaya's home. It is the most important festival in Bengal, and Bengalis celebrate with new clothes and other gifts, which are worn on the evenings when the family goes out to see the 'pandals' (temporary structures set up to venerate the goddess). Although it is a Hindu festival, religion takes a backseat on these five days.
Durga Puja at Silchar
Like all other Bengali places, Durga Puja is celebrated at Silchar with equal zeal and vigor. More than 500 Durga Puja pandels can be found at Silchar during these five days. The major pujas where crowd throng every year are the ones at Public School Road, South Bilpar, Tarun Sangha, Anandaparishad. The Bisarjan is done in the Barak river at Sadarghat.
Here's the video of 2007 Durga Puja at Silchar:-
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Here's the video of Dashami Bisarjan:-
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