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Celebrate harmony and devotion with Happy Chhath Puja! Learn about the traditions, rituals, and significance of this auspicious festival that honors the Sun God.

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Subbu Bouncy Castle Se Gir Fayi | Sheetal Shasthi Mela | Triplets Vlog -  8th June'24

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I would like to add that even though festivals differ all around India from region to region(not only from North to South) many times, on the same dates people celebrate more or less the same thing. But it's called something different and the ways to celebrate the festival is also different.

Durga Puja is celebrated by Bengalis. While celebrated mostly in eastern states, it is also celebrated across the whole country by the Bengali communities over there. We worship Durga Ma who is another form of Goddess Parvati. Now in most other North Indian regions/communities, they celebrate Navratri for nine-nights(the literal meaning), while worshipping Sherawali Mata who is also another form of Goddess Parvati. The difference is that Durga Ma sits on a lion and Sherawali Mata on a tiger. (There's more differences obviously, but that's for you to find out.)

Navratri is celebrated for nine days, during night time, and the tenth day is called Dusshera. Now for those same nine days, Durga Puja is celebrated from the EVENING of the SIXTH DAY(Shasthi). It is a very strict rule, while the Puja does start from also the first day, for the first five days people are ONLY supposed make preparations(yes you do need that much preparation, Durga Puja is a very big event and requires a lot of people, it's not a small event kind of thing). One is supposed to get the Murti (statue) in those five days, but the face of gods and goddesses is supposed to kept covered till Shasthi evening. It's celebrated for 4 days from the Shasthi evening, to Saptami (seventh day), Ashtami (eighth day) and Navami (ninth day). And it finally ends on the 10th day, which is called Vijayadashami, but this is done during the day, because by evening the Goddess's statue has to be submerged in water.

Now, back to my earlier point, for those same 10 days Dasara is celebrated in Karnataka. On the ninth day Ayudha Puja is celebrated and on the 10th day Vijayadashami.

See how these are same festivals, worshipping the same deity, during the same intervals of time, but are still celebrated so completely differently?

Now see every Hindu household has a mini Mandir. It's basically a place where small statues and pictures of deities are kept where they are worshipped(puja and aarti) DAILY, twice- once in the morning before you break fast, and once in the evening. Before a puja, evening or morning, you should be CLEAN™, which means bathed and in freshly washed clothes(see this is why Indians need so much water) and this HAS to be done DAILY. Even though the evening prayer system is not followed in many households, due to various reasons(because you need to wash up and change clothes AGAIN in the evening too so...), most even slightly strict households do this. And in case of festivals for Gods this is religiously followed(see where I'm going with this??)

And that's how it is for Durga Puja. While preparations are being made for the first five days the Murti is NOT🚫 to be left alone. And the deities' faces are revealed during the Evening Puja of the sixth day i.e. Shasthi. And in the case of Navratri, this is done during the evening of the first day i.e. Prathama. These names for days are Sanskrit words and are derived from the lunar calendar.

Ganesh Puja i.e. festival celebrating Lord Ganesh, (which happens in the month of Aug-Sep, but is officially the first festival in the Hindu Calendar. No other God is to be worshipped with a festival until Ganesh Puja is done. There is a story behind it, but I'll leave the mythology research to you.) is called Ganesh Chaturthi, because it's celebrated from the fourth day i.e. Chaturthi of the month of Bhadra. While mainly celebrated by Marathis, it is a widely celebrated festival across the country. Having lived in both in East, West, North and South the festival, even though celebrated every where has very different rituals across states and regions.

Another very big difference is the Prasad/Prasadam in every region. It's the ceremonial food(??) given after every Puja. It can of varying quantities ranging from a small candy-sized piece of any sweet dish, to a full buffet of meal, or even a single tablespoon of liquid. Prasad also difers across the country. While in North India rice is prohibited even as a meal during any Puja (until and unless it's Bhog- again do your research), I've had rice as Prasad in South India.

See India is a vast and diverse country with over 700 different languages and dialects. Hindi is NOT the only language. There's differences in people, their behaviour, culture, language, food and even the weather and terrain within just a few kilometres(YES KILOMETRES not miles). There are rituals followed specific to some localities, that people a few hundred kilometres away might not have even heard of.

So if you find out about something that happens in "India", I suggest you do a more thorough research because I can guarantee that that something is specific to some particular region, and go to something else entirely will be happening.

How to write an Indian Character by an Indian person.

Disclaimer: when i say Indian, I don’t mean native Indian. I mean INDIAN INDIAN. You know from that large asian country that’s shaped like a kite? Yeah, that Indian. 

 1. India is a large country not all Indians are Hindu.

2. Not all Indians are vegetarian.

3. Not all Indians are math wizards.

4. Not all Indian people are nerds who don’t know how to date.

5. Not all Indian people are straight and cis. (if you’re writing about Hijra or Kinner character then please do a lot of research into their culture before you write them, Hijras and Kinners are often misrepresented in Indian society to be evil and such other things)

6. We don’t eat curry, curry is not a real thing. You have to be more specific than just curry. Like please for the love of god.

7. The name of the language of India is Hindi, not Indian.

8. India has many other languages other than Hindi. Eg. Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Marathi and many households prefer to talk in their native state/city languages rather than Hindi.

9. Indian cuisines vary from region to region. So not everyone in India likes to eat the same thing. North Indian and South Indian cuisines are very different from each other.

10. Not all Indians celebrate the same festivals but that doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy them all.

11. Many people’s Indian accents are a lot more subtle than you think.

12. Different regions in India have different cultural clothing.

13. Not all Indian people look like your typical brown skin black hair, northeast Indians more often than not have features very similar to Chinese people. (But remember when you write northeastern Indian characters, many of them are discriminated against in mainland India and some of them don’t really believe themselves to be Indian)

14. Most Indian don’t use toilet paper (look into this yourself, I’m not gonna go any further)

15. Indian English is more similar to British English than American. Indian English has its own slang too.  Some Indian English things to know:  - Duffer = slang for stupid  - We a lot of the times have problems differentiating between the pronunciation of V and W. - A lot of people pronounce the G in gesture how you pronounce the G in Grapes instead of pronouncing it like a J  - We say rubber not eraser.  - Schedule is pronounced Shehdule not Skedual.  - Mother promise is a way of saying pinky promise.  - Eating my brain means you’re irritating. Eg. “Stop eating my brain” which means stop irritating me.  - Senti is slang for sentimental  - Dickey refers to the boot of the car (please don’t ask)  - Cheatercock is a person who cheated in a test, or an exam or did something to gain advantage in life (not a cheater as in in the romantic/sexual sense)

16. We have a tendency of saying yaar or na after things. Even when we text.

17. ‘Are yaar’ is an expression that can have multiple meanings depending on the context you use it in. But it usually is a saying of exasperation. 

Indian characters can be very hard to write depending on which religion, region, gender, sexuality you choose for them to be. India is a large country, when writing Indian characters, remember that this is the second largest population in the entire world, not all Indian characters are the same, especially the ones you see these days in mainstream western media. 

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Day 4-7 29th May-1st June Thu-Sun

I did a fair job of getting things done. Might have faltered here and there but ended the week with a pretty decent 335 XP!! Also I got promoted at work. I also ordered a few customised phone cases.

The two collages are the two quests me and my partner are undertaking for the upcoming productivity week hehe.

My mother, the amazing women, organised a jamai - shashuri shasthi...where the food giving/khawano situation happened both ways.

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Jamai Aador

Written by Adrija Datta

In an effort to promote cultural tourism and celebrate Bengal’s treasured familial traditions, the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited (WBTDCL) will host ‘Jamai Aador’, a special initiative launched by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in celebration of Jamai Shashti.

The event is scheduled for May 31 and June 1, 2025, and will take place across four key tourist lodges managed by the state tourism department: Udayachal (Bidhannagar), Dighali 1 (Digha), Shantobitan (Bolpur), and Mainak (Siliguri). The celebration aims to spotlight the traditional Bengali custom of honoring the jamai (son-in-law).A major highlight of the two-day festival will be an expansive Bengali culinary experience. Meals will be served during lunch (12:01 pm to 3:00 pm) and dinner (7:00 pm to 10:00 pm), featuring a specially curated menu of traditional Bengali delicacies. The meal begins with a refreshing welcome drink of lime soda, followed by a selection of dishes including phulko luchi, alur dom, sugondhi chaaler bhaat, lau diye orhor daal, and jhuro aloo bhaja.Guests can also enjoy a variety of elaborate offerings such as chhanar pur bhora potoler dorma, begun sundori, kaju kishmish pulao, golda chingrir malaikari, bhetki paturi, and pathar kosha mangsho. The feast concludes with quintessential Bengali desserts like kachaa aam er chatni, machher/chingrir papad, paka aam, talshaansh sandesh, pantua, mishti doi, and mishti paan. This full-course meal is priced at Rs 1,099 (inclusive of all taxes) at all four venues.

Additionally, Udayachal in Bidhannagar will offer two Bengali-Mughlai fusion cuisine packages.

The Rs 649 menu includes bhetki fish fry with mustard, special chicken dum biryani, chicken chaap, and shahi phirni, while the Rs 749 package offers a variation featuring mutton dum biryani in place of chicken.Jamai Aador is an initiative to honour the traditional celebration of Jamai Shasthi, a cherished cultural occasion in Bengal that symbolises affection and hospitality towards sons-in-law. This year, we are highlighting the essence of Bengali culinary heritage with an elaborate spread of authentic regional delicacies. In addition to the traditional Bengali fare, we have also introduced Mughlai dishes, blending the richness of two culinary traditions that have long coexisted in Bengal’s food culture,” an official of the WBTDCL said.

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Vedic Astrology : Daily Panchang – May 19th, 2025

Daily Panchang – May 19th, 2025 Samvat 2082, Jyeshtha Month of hindu calendar, 6th day – Shasthi, Krishna Paksha. Nakshtra at the time of Sun rise in Shravana Nakshtra till 19:29 Hrs (IST), and Moon will move in Dhanishtha Continue reading Vedic Astrology : Daily Panchang – May 19th, 2025

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Today presented an ideal opportunity for engaging in photography. I visited a location that had attracted numerous photographers who had gathered to capture the Nil Shasthi festivities, held on the eve of Charak. Instead of carrying my camera, however, I chose to bring along my sketchbook, intending to attempt sketching individuals in motion.

Upon arrival, I quickly realized that my skills were not yet at a level sufficient to undertake such a demanding task. The space was extremely confined and crowded, with constant movement as people rushed to take photographs. Attempting to create a sketch while standing amidst such a dynamic and bustling environment proved to be an overwhelming challenge.

As an alternative, I decided to take a few photographs with my phone, intending to use them as references for sketches later at home. This approach will allow me to preserve the memories of the event while ensuring that the pages of my sketchbook are meaningfully filled.

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Happy Skandha Shasthi Shashthi is visulised here as Devsena and a combination of 6 Goddesses.

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[ad_1] Earlier on Thursday, half a dozen men sang a song calling for Islamic revolution on the stage of a Durga puja mandap at Jatra Mohan Sen Hall in Chattogram | Image: Shutterstock4 min read Last Updated : Oct 12 2024 | 8:46 AM IST Seventeen persons have been arrested and about a dozen cases registered after Bangladesh witnessed about 35 untoward incidents related to the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations across the country this month, police said here. The development comes a day after it was discovered that a hand-crafted golden mukut (crown) gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stolen from a Hindu temple in Bangladesh's southwestern Satkhira district amid Durga Puja celebrations, a theft over which India expressed concern. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp The five-day Hindu religious festival began with an invocation of Goddess Durga, an occasion called Maha Shasthi on Wednesday. The celebrations would conclude with the immersion of Goddess Durga murtis on Sunday.  The minority Hindu population -- Hindus constitute just about 8 per cent of the 170 million Bangladesh population -- faced vandalism of their businesses, and properties and destruction of temples during the student-led violence that erupted following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5. Since October 1, 35 incidents related to the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations have occurred across the country, leading to 11 cases being filed, 24 general diaries (GD) registered, and 17 individuals arrested, newspaper The Dhaka Tribune said quoting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Moinul Islam. Islam visited the Banani Puja Mandap in Dhaka on Friday after which he told reporters that Durga Puja was being celebrated at over 32,000 mandaps nationwide. The IGP's visit was prompted after Hindus in Bangladesh woke up to a shock on Friday when news broke out about the theft of a hand-crafted golden mukut (crown) on Thursday at the Jeshoreshwari Kali temple in Satkhira during his visit to Bangladesh in 2021. The incident prompted the Indian High Commission here to urge the Bangladesh government to investigate the theft and recover the crown apart from taking action against the perpetrators. IGP Islam assured that the police have records of those responsible for the incidents and said: Anyone involved in these disruptions will be brought to justice. We will take strict action if anyone attempts to create chaos or engage in malicious activities during Durga Puja. Responding to a question about the attack in Chittagong, the IGP said, two people were arrested following a raid on Thursday and efforts are on to ascertain the motive behind it. Earlier on Thursday, half a dozen men sang a song calling for Islamic revolution on the stage of a Durga puja mandap at Jatra Mohan Sen Hall in Chattogram, about 250 km southeast of Dhaka, causing widespread outrage, the bdnews24.com said. Chattogram Metropolitan Police on Friday arrested two people over singing the song calling for Islamic revolution, newspaper The Business Standard said. A case was filed against seven people, including the Puja committee's joint general secretary Sajal Dutta, in connection with the Chattogram incident. Hillol Sen Uzzal, general secretary of the Puja Udjapan Parishad in Chattogram, told The Daily Star that the incident shocked the local Hindu community and created a tense situation in the area. A video clip of the incident went viral on social media causing further outrage. Earlier on Friday, Bangladesh police said they have identified a man in connection with the theft of the golden crown, and launched a massive manhunt to recover it. A private news channel showed a young man wearing a white T-shirt and jeans sneaking into the temple when no one was there, removing the golden part of the crown and pocketing it before going away. It could be a simple case of theft or it could be a case of an orchestrated plot.

We demand the matter be investigated properly and the persons involved be brought to justice, leader of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council Krishna Mukherjee said. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangtha (BSS), the state-run news agency, said Chiefs of the three services -- Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zama, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan -- visited the Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Friday. Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sazeeb Bhuiyan exchanged greetings with members of the Hindu community at the Durga Puja puja mandaps at Gallamari Harichand Tagore Temple and Bagmara Govinda Temple in Khulna on Friday. On Sunday, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is expected to visit the centuries-old Dhakeswari national temple, one of the prominent shaktee peeths, in the heart of the national capital. Earlier last month, with threats from Islamist groups weeks ahead of the Durga Puja celebrations, the interim government's Religious Affairs Adviser AFM Khalid Hossain had warned of tough action against those disrupting communal harmony or targeting places of worship during the Hindu festival. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)First Published: Oct 12 2024 | 8:46 AM IST [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Earlier on Thursday, half a dozen men sang a song calling for Islamic revolution on the stage of a Durga puja mandap at Jatra Mohan Sen Hall in Chattogram | Image: Shutterstock4 min read Last Updated : Oct 12 2024 | 8:46 AM IST Seventeen persons have been arrested and about a dozen cases registered after Bangladesh witnessed about 35 untoward incidents related to the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations across the country this month, police said here. The development comes a day after it was discovered that a hand-crafted golden mukut (crown) gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stolen from a Hindu temple in Bangladesh's southwestern Satkhira district amid Durga Puja celebrations, a theft over which India expressed concern. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp The five-day Hindu religious festival began with an invocation of Goddess Durga, an occasion called Maha Shasthi on Wednesday. The celebrations would conclude with the immersion of Goddess Durga murtis on Sunday.  The minority Hindu population -- Hindus constitute just about 8 per cent of the 170 million Bangladesh population -- faced vandalism of their businesses, and properties and destruction of temples during the student-led violence that erupted following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5. Since October 1, 35 incidents related to the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations have occurred across the country, leading to 11 cases being filed, 24 general diaries (GD) registered, and 17 individuals arrested, newspaper The Dhaka Tribune said quoting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Moinul Islam. Islam visited the Banani Puja Mandap in Dhaka on Friday after which he told reporters that Durga Puja was being celebrated at over 32,000 mandaps nationwide. The IGP's visit was prompted after Hindus in Bangladesh woke up to a shock on Friday when news broke out about the theft of a hand-crafted golden mukut (crown) on Thursday at the Jeshoreshwari Kali temple in Satkhira during his visit to Bangladesh in 2021. The incident prompted the Indian High Commission here to urge the Bangladesh government to investigate the theft and recover the crown apart from taking action against the perpetrators. IGP Islam assured that the police have records of those responsible for the incidents and said: Anyone involved in these disruptions will be brought to justice. We will take strict action if anyone attempts to create chaos or engage in malicious activities during Durga Puja. Responding to a question about the attack in Chittagong, the IGP said, two people were arrested following a raid on Thursday and efforts are on to ascertain the motive behind it. Earlier on Thursday, half a dozen men sang a song calling for Islamic revolution on the stage of a Durga puja mandap at Jatra Mohan Sen Hall in Chattogram, about 250 km southeast of Dhaka, causing widespread outrage, the bdnews24.com said. Chattogram Metropolitan Police on Friday arrested two people over singing the song calling for Islamic revolution, newspaper The Business Standard said. A case was filed against seven people, including the Puja committee's joint general secretary Sajal Dutta, in connection with the Chattogram incident. Hillol Sen Uzzal, general secretary of the Puja Udjapan Parishad in Chattogram, told The Daily Star that the incident shocked the local Hindu community and created a tense situation in the area. A video clip of the incident went viral on social media causing further outrage. Earlier on Friday, Bangladesh police said they have identified a man in connection with the theft of the golden crown, and launched a massive manhunt to recover it. A private news channel showed a young man wearing a white T-shirt and jeans sneaking into the temple when no one was there, removing the golden part of the crown and pocketing it before going away. It could be a simple case of theft or it could be a case of an orchestrated plot.

We demand the matter be investigated properly and the persons involved be brought to justice, leader of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council Krishna Mukherjee said. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangtha (BSS), the state-run news agency, said Chiefs of the three services -- Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zama, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan -- visited the Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka on Friday. Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sazeeb Bhuiyan exchanged greetings with members of the Hindu community at the Durga Puja puja mandaps at Gallamari Harichand Tagore Temple and Bagmara Govinda Temple in Khulna on Friday. On Sunday, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is expected to visit the centuries-old Dhakeswari national temple, one of the prominent shaktee peeths, in the heart of the national capital. Earlier last month, with threats from Islamist groups weeks ahead of the Durga Puja celebrations, the interim government's Religious Affairs Adviser AFM Khalid Hossain had warned of tough action against those disrupting communal harmony or targeting places of worship during the Hindu festival. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)First Published: Oct 12 2024 | 8:46 AM IST [ad_2] Source link

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Happy Durga Puja

Shasthi Tithi marks the first day of Durga Puja for Hindu Bengali across the country. We wish you a divine and enlightened Shasthi. May your path to academic success be brightened by a beacon of light on this auspicious day!

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Shasthi Devi from Mathura

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