Durga Puja – Blog of Kinjal Bose

Durga Puja of Tarak Pramanick’s House

There are quite a number of houses in Kolkata where both Durga Puja and Kali Puja are held in the same dalan. One such house belonging to Tarak Pramanick located at 154, Tarak Pramanick Road is celebrating Durga Puja for more than two centuries.

Durga Puja of Guskara, Purba Barddhaman

Durga Puja is held in many bonedi households in West Bengal. Guskara in Purba Barddhaman district houses a number of pujas of which Chongder, Patra and Majhi Bari deserves mention. Ofcourse, there are other houses where the puja is held but I shall elaborate on the Durga Pujas of Chongder Bari and Patra Bari in this post.

Durga Puja of Chakrabarti Bari of Langalberia

There are plenty of houses in West Bengal where Durga Puja is held maintaining all the rituals and customs in a grand way. There are quite a number of such houses close to Kolkata where the puja is being held for more than a century. One such house is Chakrabarti Bari at Langalberia near Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district.

Durga Puja of Zamindar Mukherjee Family of Uttarpara

Durga Puja, the greatest festival of the Bengalees is not only celebrated in barowari puja pandels but the same is held with equal pomp and splendour in many households both in Kolkata and in the districts of West Bengal. One such place where the puja is being held for more than two centuries is the Mukherjee or Mukhopadhyay family of Uttarpara in Hooghly district.

Daily worshipped Durga idols of Kolkata Part-4

Durga Puja is not celebrated as barowari pujas, but it is equally worshipped in households. That apart there are still a number of houses and temples in Kolkata where Maa Durga is worshipped round the year. Previously in October 2023 I have included 14 such places in Kolkata where the goddess is worshipped on a daily basis. In this post I shall include two more – one in Baghajatin and the other in Baghbazar.

Durga Puja of Beliaghata Sarkar Bari

Maa Durga is worshipped in many bonedi houses of West Bengal including Calcutta (now Kolkata). The bonedi houses are there in north, central and south Kolkata. But Sarkar Bari situated at 69, Beliaghata Main Road, Kolkata – 700010 happens to be one of the few houses of East Kolkata where Durga Puja is celebrated in a grand way from 1892 onwards at their thakurdalan.

Durga Puja of Mitra Bari, Antpur, Hooghly

Durga Puja is celebrated in many places of West Bengal of which Mitra Bari at Antpur in Hooghly district is famous not only as because it is being held for more than three centuries but because the puja is held in a dochala type of chandimandap made of wood with superb wooden works of not only gods and goddesses but also floral designs which exists till date.

Durga Puja of Khetrapal Thakurbari, Khardah

Durga Puja is widely celebrated in different parts of West Bengal including Kolkata. There are a few thakurbaris where Maa Durga is worshipped for centuries. One such place is Khetrapal Thakurbari in Khardah in North Parganas district where Devi Durga is worshipped for a number of centuries.

Durga Puja of Sabarna Roy Chowdhury family

Durga Puja, the greatest festival of the Bengalees is widely celebrated not only in West Bengal but also in different parts of the country and as well as in overseas where there is the presence of Bengali community. In West Bengal, Maa Durga is not only worshipped in barowari puja pandals but also in bonedi households. There are many such families where Devi Durga is worshipped following the age-old rituals. One such family is the Sabarna Roy Chowdhury family where the goddess is worshipped in eight households – six in Barisha and the rest two one in Birati and in Nimta.

Durga Puja of Chakdighi Baganbati

Durga Puja is being celebrated in many bonedi households of West Bengal for centuries. Last year (2023) I paid a visit to Chakdighi Baganbati after visiting the Dasghara. Dasghara is in Dhaniakhali block of Hooghly district while Chakdighi located roughly a little more than seven kilometres from Dasghara is in Jamalpur block of Purba Barddhaman district.

Durga Puja of Chaudhuri Bari, Amadpur

Durga Puja is celebrated both in barowari puja pandals and in bonedi households of West Bengal. There are many pujas which are pretty old and are being celebrated till now with pomp and splendour following the rituals. One such household is Chaudhuri Bari of Amadpur in Memari in Purba Barddhaman district.

Durga Puja of Sen Bari, Guptipara

Guptipara in Hooghly district of West Bengal is famous for Rathayatra, first barowari puja, terracotta temples and sweets (gupo sandesh). That apart Durga Puja is also held here. Durga Puja of Sen Bari is not only famous but very old. The puja was started way back in 1580 by Shri Ram Sen.

Durga Puja of Surul Sarkarbari

Durga Puja is celebrated in a grand way in many zamindar houses of West Bengal. I have been travelling to such bonedi houses for the last few years. This year on Nabami I had been to Surul Sarkarbari or Surul Rajbari which is roughly 5 kilometres from Bolpur railway station in Birbhum. Here Maa Durga is worshipped in two houses – baro taraf and choto taraf with much splendour.

Daily worshipped Durga idols of Kolkata Part 3

Durga Puja, the greatest festival of the Bengalees is not only celebrated as barowari pujas but it is equally worshipped in many bonedi households of Kolkata. But there are a few houses and temples in Kolkata where Maa Durga is worshipped round the year. In this post I shall include five such pujas though there are a few more houses or temples where Goddess Durga is worshipped daily, which I could not include in my post due to shortage of time.

Avaya Durga, Silbari, Rajbalhat

Rajbalhat, a town in Jangipara block of Serampore subdivision of Hooghly district is named after Devi Rajballavi. It is also famous for handloom (tant) industry along with Dhaniakhali, also in Hooghly. That apart the town has a number of temples – Sridhar Damodar Temple, Radhakanta Temple along with the temple of Rajballavi.