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Festivity
18:28End of monsoon usually marks the beginning of what we call, the “Festive season” in India. Every state, every place has a grand festiv...
End of monsoon usually marks the beginning of what we call,
the “Festive season” in India. Every state, every place has a grand festival to
celebrate. Today, I want to talk about the festival that is very close to my
heart. For me as a Bengali, Durga Puja has always been the biggest and most
important festival of all and it is not only a festival, because it is a buzz
that starts two months before the main 5 days. Those 5 days are nothing less
than a carnival!
Everyone wakes up to the sound of dhak flowing in through
the windows. The scent of dhunuchi and incense sticks all around the pandal,
people sincerely waiting every morning for the Pushpanjali to start and the
bhog to be served afterwards. The restlessness one feels to go for pandal
hopping during Puja is something one can understand only after experiencing it!
The rush you feel standing among thousands of people, the Grandeur, the over
the top decorations, the time artists and sculptors invest, oh the feeling! It
is nothing that can be described with words!
