Durga Puja The Festival Of Devotion, Food and Fanfare
Updated: October 08, 2016 00:22 IST
The five-day long festival of Durga Puja commemorates the story of the lion-riding, 10-armed Goddess Durga's slaying of a demon king, signifying the triumph of good over evil.
"Sashthi" is when idols are placed, Maa Durga is decorated with weapons, symbolising her "coming alive"
Devotees offers prayers to Goddess Durga and other deities at a Durga Puja pandal in Gurgaon on Friday. (PTI Photo)
Durga Puja also includes the worship of Shiva in addition to Lakshmi, Saraswati with Ganesha and Kartikeya.
Modern traditions have come to include the display of decorated pandals and artistically depicted sculptures of Durga.
Mamata Banerjee shared some pictures on tweeter of puja mandaps.
Durga Puja festival is celebrated from the sixth to tenth day of bright lunar fortnight in the Bikram Sambat Calendar month of Ashwin.
