Tag: Durga Puja 2022

Earlier, the DCP had issued strict guidelines to bands/DJs, music parties and organisers of Durga Puja over the use of loudspeakers during Durga Puja this year.

Though it is a 10-day festival, the actual Puja revelry usually begins on Shashthi and lasts till Dashami.

She is also known as Goddess Padmasana as she is seated on a lotus. The word ‘Skanda’ is also associated with the god Kartikeya, and Mata means a mother.

In view of the upcoming festivities, the Commissionerate Police has decided to clamp certain traffic restrictions for the convenience and safety of general public. The traffic restrictions will come to effect from October 1 to October 5, 2022 from 4 pm to 2 am.

With Durga Puja round the corner, several leading electronic showrooms in Cuttack have come up with unique offers to cater for such customers who still are away from online shopping.

Since she has a Chandra or half moon, in the shape of a Ghanta (bell), on her forehead, she is addressed as Chandraghanta

The word Bramhacharini also signifies Tapacharini, one who follows austerities or penances.

In her earlier birth, she was born as the daughter of Prajapati Daksha. Her name was Sati then and she was the consort of Lord Shiva.

Five more 'Traffic Mobile Patrol' bikes were flagged off to ensure uninterrupted traffic in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack during Durga Puja this year.

The Commissionerate Police has so far introduced eight such traffic mobile patrol bikes in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack

Preparations for Durga Puja are in full swing as festival inches further closer. Artisans across the country are busy giving finishing touches to idols of Maa Durga that will be installed at various puja pandals. For them, designing and moulding the clay statues with finesse is the only and best way available to them to express the grandeur of Goddess.

Festivities are set to make a grand comeback this Durga Puja after a two-year hiatus. Devotees across the country are geared up to bring back the revelry which had disappeared post outbreak of an uninvited pandemic. Here’s a glimpse into the preparations underway for Dussehra.

The GPS installation will be done to find out the location of the idols during the immersion ceremony, said Priyadarshi.