p.s. Wrote this article weeks back ... went to Kolkata n so posting it now :) In Bengali tradition or say culture - we eat 14 different types of leafy vegetable (mixed together) n we lit 14 "prodeep" (diyas) to our fore fathers. It's a beautiful feeling as we remember our ancestors n pray that their soul may rest in…
Year: 2009
Kojagori Lakkhi puja …
We celebrated"Kojagori Lakkhi puja" on 3rd oct. on a full moon night. Goddess Lakkhi is the Goddess of wealth. We celebrate this puja on the first full moon after "Durga puja" .... there is a story about why to celebrate this puja .. There was a kind Raja (king) - at his kingdom everybody was happy ... he had told…
Holud Angoor (Shomrali phool)
Kemon holud hoye aachhe rasta-r dui dhar. Mone-mone bhabi - dekhechhe ki ke-o holud angoor gachh? Bhabi ! Gachhe thoka-ye thoka-ye jhulchhe ya hawa-ye hawa-ye dulchhe tara. Shundor bashonti rong tade-r gaye-r ya - phanpha phanpha papri mela ango tader. Dekhte bhari moja-r lage. Kemon holud hoye aachhe rasta-r dui dhar. Yemon phor-chhe jhule yenka benka dal-er theke - jeno…
Waiting for her … next year !!!
"Maa Dugra" came to her parents house n now gone back to her own house Kailash .... Every Bengali waits for her arrival . . enjoy her stay n later says a sad bye n again wait for her coming next year !!! That's the beauty of Durga puja .... actually beauty of everything .... u wait - enjoy -…
Rain … rain thanks for coming again :)
Rain is back in town again ... so happy - i simply love rain n the atmosphere created by it ... mysterious n poetic !! Had taken other photos will publish them soon ...