Tag: Durga Puja

Beautiful decorations, festive spirit and a divine experience – pandals in Bhubaneswar have everything on offer for the devotees stepping out of their homes this Durga Puja, thanks to the lifting of pandemic restrictions. As in all the pandals the face of Maa Durga has been unveiled, it's time to discover the precise work of the artisans with which the glory of the Goddess has been handcrafted. Take a quick tour of the puja mandaps in the city.

Durga Puja- Bomikhal Puja Pandal Replicates Lalitha Mahal Palace

Durga Puja: Ayodhya Ram Mandir Themed Pandal In Bhubaneswar Is A Big Crowd Puller

In Manikagada, the Muslim Dalabehera occupies the prime place during Dussehra. Going by tradition, the festival continues for four days beginning from Saptami. It is customary here to observe the ‘Sohala Puja’ before Dussehra.

More than 300 people were in the pandal when the blaze erupted and a majority of them were women and children.

A clerk by profession at the Panchayat office and a singer by passion, Murali Mohapatra's sudden death has once again brought to focus the rising cases of sudden heart attack. 

Durga Puja- Rituals At Baramunda Pandal In Bhubaneswar

In the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, mandaps have started witnessing a large footfall of women who are observing 'vrat'.

Durga Puja 2022 | Choudhury Bazar Mandap In Cuttack | Odisha

Yes, of all the Indian cities Kolkata witnesses a grandeur visual spectacle during Durga Puja every year. But Odisha's capital city Bhubaneswar is not far behind when it comes to exuding the grandiose way of celebration of the Hindu festival. Here's a quick glance into some famous puja pandals in Bhubaneswar that pandal hoppers would love to visit.

Dandia Fever Takes Over In Balasore: Durga Puja 2022

The significance of the ‘Chakshu Daan’ ritual is that the goddess is invited to the earth by drawing eyes on idols.

Train no- 02809, Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Special Super Fast Express from Bhubaneswar will leave at 1330hrs (01.30 pm) every Saturday from Oct 1 to 29, 2022. 

Various towns and adjoining places in Odisha have turned bright and colourful. The major part of the Durga puja celebrations kicked off with the Shasthi rituals across the State.

Thousands of devotees were seen playing Garba in Vadodara Navratri Festival in Gujarat.