Durga Puja Oct 13-17

Fri, Sep 24th, 2010 8:53 pm BdST

Dhaka, Sep 24 (bdnews24.com) – Durga Puja will be observed from Oct 13 to Oct 17 at some 27,000 pavilions or Mandaps around the country, with 180 in the city, the festival organisers have said.

Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad in a statement on Friday said the Puja festivities will take place in 1,000 pavilions more than the previous year.


The information was revealed at a meeting, headed by organisation president Subrata Chowdhur and attended by representatives from all the districts at the Dhakeshwari National Temple.

In the meeting, speakers also condemned vandalism of idols in different temples around the country.

Several prominent Hindu leaders including war commander retired major general C R Dutta, Parishad general secretary Mangal Chandra Ghosh, Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee president Biresh Chandra Saha, and general secretary Babul Devnath were present. 

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Asian Paints Sharad Shamman (2008)

This years Asian Paints Sharad Shamman was also declared on the night of Ashtami. Unlike previous years, seven winners were declared judged by people from various artistic fields. Discovery of the Year was given as a joint winner to separate Puja pandals.
Winners:

• Best Puja : Telengabagan Sarbojanin
• Best Puja : Laketown Natunpally Pradip Sangha
• Best Puja : Tangra Gholpara Sarbojanin
• Discovery of the Year : Santoshpur Lakepally
• Discovery of the Year : Hatibagan Nabinpally
• Creative Excellence : Naktolla Udayan Sangha
• Best Artisan : Barisha Club (Shri Purnendu Sen)

Finalists

• Hatibagan Sarbojanin
• Bosepukur Talbagan
• Darpanarayan Tagore Street
• Laketown Adhibashibrindo
• Dum Dum Park Tarun Sangha

The panel of judges included Agnimitra Paul (fashion designer), Kaushik Sen (actor), Suman Chattopadhyay (journalist), Sanatan Dinda (painter), Locket Chatterjee (actor).

Preceded by Durga Puja 2007	Durga Puja 2008 October 6, 2008 - October 9, 2008	Succeeded by Durga Puja 2009
Asian Paints Sharad Shamman
Best Puja
Preceded by Pathuriaghata Pacher Pally Khidderpore 25 Pally Laketown Natunpally Pradip Sangha	Telengabagan Sarbojanin Tangra Gholpara Sarbojanin Laketown Natunpally Pradip Sangha October 2008	Succeeded by incumbent
Discovery of the Year
Preceded by Kankurgachi Mitali Sangha	Santoshpur Lakepally Hatibagan Nabinpally October 2008	Succeeded by incumbent
Creative Excellence
Preceded by New Alipore Suruchi Sangha	Naktolla Udayan Sangha October 2008	Succeeded by incumbent
Best Artisan
Preceded by Chakraberia Sarbojanin Shri Purnendu Dey	Barisha Club Shri Purnendu Dey October 2008	Succeeded by incumbent

Mahalaya ushers in the Puja spirit

TNN Sep 19, 2009, 06.37am IST

NEW DELHI: The nip in the early morning air is the first herald of Durga Puja. Come September, and Bengalis all over the world get ready to celebrate, starting off with Mahalaya.
According to legend, Goddess Durga visits the earth for only four days but seven days prior to the Pujas, starts Mahalaya. The enchanting voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra fill up the predawn hours of the day thus marking the beginning of "Devipaksha'' and the beginning of the countdown of Durga Puja. Mahalaya is a kind of invocation or invitation to the mother goddess to descend on earth: "Jago Tumi Jago''.
The history of the Mahalaya broadcast is interesting. The concept started in the early 1930s, when AIR played the early morning programme, Mahisasura Mardini or The Annihilation of the Demon. The same programme has been running thereafter, and is a huge favourite with Bengalis. It's a beautiful audio montage of recitation from the scriptural verses of Chandi Kavya, Bengali devotional songs, classical music and a dash of acoustic melodrama. The programme has also been translated into Hindi, set to similar orchestration and is broadcast at the same time for a pan-Indian audience.

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