Pandal Hopping on Maha Shashti of Durga Pujo
Yesterday was Maha Sashti, 6th day of Durga Pujo of Bengalis.
Significance of Maha Shashti of Durga Pujo
For Bengali people each day of Durga Pujo has its own significance. Maha Shashti of Durga Pujo too has its own significance in the rituals. The day begins with bodhon or unveiling of face of Goddess Durga.
Finishing touches are given to the decoration of pandal. Most mothers observe fast on the Maha Shashti day of Durga Pujo. They pray for the welfare of their child, do anjali (offerings to God) wearing new clothes. After they break their fast they eat limited food stuffs and non veg food is a strict no.
Know more about other days of Pujo: Dates of Durga Puja
Durga Pujo Pandals
There are around 22 Durga Pujo pandals(a temporary gathering place) in Bangalore this year (the figure can only be higher definitely not lower.) The festive mood has set in and Bengalis seem to be fully and grandly dressed up for it. I have shut my kitchen down for these 5 days. The pandals have plenty of food stalls and loads of entertainment programs.
When I started writing it was still a Monday, 19th October. Yesterday on the day of Maha Shashti of Durga Pujo I visited 4 pandals, one in Indiranagar and 3 in Koramangla. Each is different; you can notice the differences in the make of the idols.
Hope I will be able to visit more in the coming days. With traffic chaos increasing every other day commuting from one part of city to another is getting increasingly difficult.
Indiranagar Durga Pujo
Koramangla in Bangalore has 3 pandals.
Koromangla Pandal 1
Idols at Koromangla Pandal 2
Koromangla Pandal 3
Very nice!
Shubho Bijoya
Lovely Pandals,so beautifully decorated signifying mahashakti Godess Durga !
Shubho Durga pujo…
Beautiful murtis! I am enjoying reading about these Puja updates… getting to learn so many new things. I am planning to make a story based on your previous Mahishasura post and tell my daughter! 🙂
Wonderful photos of this fantastic theatre scenes.
Amazing !
So much beauty and action there!
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Such colourful pictures that make India the country it is! And I love d Pujas…gives me a sense of belonging 🙂
The Great Cultural Activities.. Thanks for sharing the background of Durga Puja in Bengal!
Learned a lot from this post and loved your beautiful photos!
Good post for the season considered.Blog’s new look surprised me.
So lovely!
In Bombay we do have Durgapuja, hosted by Bengali communities. I always love to haunt the Pandals till Deepavali. They are so beautiful!
Subho Ashtami
So beautiful photos.
Greetings
Colorful pictures from colorful India. Keep sharing Indrani.
I wish I could shut down my kitchen for 5 days. 😀
Nice to see the Pandals. Beautiful lighting in them. Thank you for showing us these Pandals. Enjoy the festive season, Indrani. 🙂
India has so much history to celebrate and wonderful colourful festivals!
Your Indian festivals are so intriguing…and colorful.
A very interesting post !
So interesting! Lovely pictures!
My wishes to you and family on this auspicious Durga Pujo.
Nice to know about your practice of Durga Puja and hope u enjoy uncooked days 🙂
Superb capture on the Pandals
Very exotic and a great photo- op.
Oh.. I think you’ve changed blog? I think you had blogger before..?
Yes dear, shifted to self hosted one.
Beautiful pictures.. Thanks for sharing dear 🙂
I didn’t know about this festivals, so interesting to see the details in your pics.
I am fine and hopethe same to you 🙂 Good to see you again 🙂
subh soshthi mahapujo!
Great post..
Thank you for the wishes Amit! 🙂
Hello, what a lovely and colorful festival. Seeing the Pandals and the food stalls, it is all so festive. Thanks for sharing, have a happy week!
Apart from being colorful and captivating aura of Maa Durga, she signifies the women power and power of good over evil. Lovely post Indrani
Thanks for the information and bright images about the special puja!
Lovely pictures.. Had been to the ‘koramangla pandal 2’ yesterday.. and visiting pandals is always so much fun.. 🙂
Indian festivals are so much fun!!
Fabulous photos Indrani!
Vibrant and colorful.As you said we can notice the differences in the make of the idols.
Cheers,
Sriram & Krithiga
So colorful and vibrant the festival is 🙂 I love to go out and see the pandals
India’s culture is so rich, so fascinating and so colorful. What are the traditional food served during this festival?
What you are talking about and your photographs are so exotic and beautiful
Jay Mata ki !!
Beautiful coverage of Durga Pooja.
Great shot indeed and I do agree with Hilary! So many things to learn about and I enjoy all that I have learned about so far!! Hope you have a great new week, Indrani, and thank you for all that you share!!
Colourful and lovely. So many celebrations and events to learn about.