According to wikipedia, Durga Puja, also referred as Durgotsab is an annual Bengali festival that celebrates worship of Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi , Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Bijoya Dashami. The dates of Durga Puja celebrations are set according to traditional Bengali Calendar and the fortnight corresponding the festival is called Debi Pokkho. Debi Pokkho is preceded by Mahalaya ,the last day of the previous fortnight Pitri Pokkho, and is ended on Kojagori Lokkhi Puja, ‘Worship of Goddess Lakshmi on Kojagori Full Moon Night’)
Durga Puja is widely celebrated in West Bengal and Tripura where it is a five-day annual holiday. Not only it is the biggest Hindu festival celebrated throughout the State, but also the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali society. Apart from West Bengal, Durga Puja is also celebrated in Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and in some parts of India including Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Kashmir, Karnataka and Kerala. Durga Puja is also celebrated as a major festival in Nepal and Bangladesh. Nowadays, many non-residential Bengali cultural organizations arrange for Durgotsab in the countries like United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, Kuwait etc also. In 2006, a grand Durga Puja ceremony was held in the Great Court of the British Museum. [1]
The prominence of Durga Puja increased gradually during the British Raj in Bengal. After the Hindu reformists resemble Durga with India, she had become an icon for the Indian independence movement. On the first quarter of 20th Century, the tradition of Baroyari or Community Puja was popularised due to this. After independence, Durga Puja became one of the largest celebrated festivals in the whole world.
Durga Puja includes the worships of Shiva, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Saraswati, Kartikeya and Mahishasura also. Modern tradition have come to include the display of decorated pandals and artistically depicted idols of Durga, exchange of Bijoya Greetings and publication of Puja Annuals.
Durga Puja is widely celebrated in West Bengal and Tripura where it is a five-day annual holiday. Not only it is the biggest Hindu festival celebrated throughout the State, but also the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali society. Apart from West Bengal, Durga Puja is also celebrated in Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and in some parts of India including Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Kashmir, Karnataka and Kerala. Durga Puja is also celebrated as a major festival in Nepal and Bangladesh. Nowadays, many non-residential Bengali cultural organizations arrange for Durgotsab in the countries like United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, Kuwait etc also. In 2006, a grand Durga Puja ceremony was held in the Great Court of the British Museum. [1]
The prominence of Durga Puja increased gradually during the British Raj in Bengal. After the Hindu reformists resemble Durga with India, she had become an icon for the Indian independence movement. On the first quarter of 20th Century, the tradition of Baroyari or Community Puja was popularised due to this. After independence, Durga Puja became one of the largest celebrated festivals in the whole world.
Durga Puja includes the worships of Shiva, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Saraswati, Kartikeya and Mahishasura also. Modern tradition have come to include the display of decorated pandals and artistically depicted idols of Durga, exchange of Bijoya Greetings and publication of Puja Annuals.
Asia
| Asia | |
| Japan Bengali Association of Tokyo batjapan@gmail.com | Hong Kong Hong Kong Bengali Association (HKBA) mailhkba@gmail.com |
| Singapore Bengali Association | Malaysian Malaysian Bengalee Association webmaster@mba.org.my |
| Australia & New Zealand | |
| Australia Bengali Association of Western Australia (BAWA) | Sydney Bengali Association, Sydney GPO Box 4928 Sydney 2001 pujacomm@bansw.org.au |
| Victoria Bengali Association of Victoria (BAV) bav@bavwebsite.org | New Zealand Probasee Bangalee New Zealand P.O. Box 27388 Mt. Roskill Auckland New Zealand webmaster@probasee.co.nz |
| Palmerston North , New Zealand PRANTIK DURGOTSAB COMMITEE 153 Heretaunga St. Palmerston North New Zealand. mukherjees@xtra.co.nz | |
| Canada Canada | |
| Edmonton Edmonton Bengali Association infoeba@shaw.ca | Ottawa Deshantari webmaster@deshantari.com |
| Montreal Bengali Community | |
| Europe | |
| London,UK. Bengali Cultural Association, London, UK. | Wales, UK Puja in Wales skraha@doctors.org.uk |
| London,UK. Sanaton Association AVFW, Vetrans Hall, Osidge Lane, Southgate, N14 5DU London.durgapuja@hotmail.co.uk | Germany Stuttgart Mr. Tushar Kanti Ganguly, Tel/Fax: (0711) 825890, Stuttgart, Germ durgapuja@ganguly.de |
| Germany Puja in Cologne Germaniastra. 10 51103 Köln Tel: 0221-871559 Fax: 0221-87680 mail@tb-trade.com | Switzerland Sarbajanin Durgapuja 2006,Switzerland Swisspuja, 5400 Baden mail@swisspuja.com |
| Finland Helsinki Durga Puja | London South London Puja |
| U.K. Leicester Ankur webmaster@ankurclub.org | U.K. Milton Keynes M K Ananda Club |
| UK & Europe Prabashi webadmin@prabasi.co.uk | London Global London tellus@global-london.com |
| London South London Puja | |
United States of America
United States of America | |
| Arizona Bengali Association of Arizona culturalSec@azbengal.org | California, Los Angeles Bengali Association of Southern California (BASC) |
| California, San Diego Saikat | California, San Francisco Bay Area Prabasi |
| California, Los Angeles and suburb Dakshini Bengali Association of California dakshinila@yahoo.com | California, San Francisco Pashchimi P.O. Box - 61032 Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1032. info@pashchimi.org |
| Colorado, Denver Milonee,The Bengali Cultural Association of Colorado milonee@milonee.net | Georgia, Atlanta Bengali Association of Greater Atlanta(BAGA) baga_org@hotmail.com |
| Illinois, Chicago Bengali Association of Greater Chicago members@bagc.net | Florida. Tampa Soikot Bengali Association of Greater Tampa Bay Rabi Ghosh Dastidar 16206 Ashley Park Place Tampa Florida - 33647 soikot_florida@yahoo.com |
| Georgia. Atlanta Pujari pujariinc@yahoo.com | Kansas City Sangam queries@sangam-midwest.org |
| Maryland, Baltimore Prantik,Bengali Association of Greater Baltimore Area partha6@verizon.net | Minnesota Bengali Association of Rochester Kanai Roy kanairoy@hotmail.com |
| New Jersey Kallol 41 Flemming Drive, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 Tel 908.431.0557 :: Fax 908.431.0995 | New Jersey City Garden State Puja Committe info@gardenstaetepuja.org |
| New Jersey. Plainfield Garden State Cultural Association P.O. Box: 308, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 | New York East coast Durga Puja Association (Ecdpa) 28 Rifton Street, Elmont, NY-11003-4928 Phone: 516.825.0549 chandansinharoy@ecdpa.org |
| New York Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center 17 East 94th Street New York, NY 10128 rvcnewyork@worldnet.att.net | New York A Bengali Cultural Association of Greater Buffalo 68 Woodstream Drive Grand Island NY 14072 webmaster@buffalosanskriti.org |
| New York. Albany Bengali Cultural Association Mr. Prabal Dhar BCA President Ph: (518) 783-5755 bca_albany@yahoo.com | North Carolina. Charlotte Probasi of Charlotte PO Box 77946, Charlotte, NC 28271-7022 |
| Pennsylvania,Philadelphia Pragati | Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh Bengali Association of Pittsburgh pksaha@verizon.net |
| Texas, Dallas Bengali Association of Dallas Forth Warth 1901 N. Central, Expressway#230 Richardson, Texas 75080 USA info@badfw.org | Texas, Dallas ANTORIK info@antorik.com |
| Texas, Houston Houston Durga Bari Society akniyogi@durgabari.org | Washington, Seattle Uttoran P.O. Box 3691 Bellevue, WA 98009-3691 uttoronseattle@yahoo.com |
| Washington DC Sanskriti 11606 Settlers Circle Germantown, MD 20876 301-916-8640 Info@sanskriti-dc.org | Wisconsin. Milwaukee Bengali Cultural Society P.O. Box 292, Pewaukee, WI 53072-0292 sujayd5247@yahoo.com |
| Bengali Association of Nebraska, US (BANE) Omaha Hindu Temple, Nebraska Alok Dhar Chair-Fund Raising Executive Committee E-mail: alokdhar2003@yahoo.com Ph: 402-399-5238 | |
Delhi
Delhi | |
| Munirka Sarbojanin Puja Samity Bengali community of Munirka, South Delhi | Vasundhara Enclave Vasundhara Enclave Durga Puja Samiti Community Ground Vasundhara Enclave New Delhi 110096 |
| Mahilalpur AAI(IAD) Residential Complex Contact: Himanshu Dhar himanshudhar@yahoo.com Quarter no C-1/10/AAI Colony Mahilalpur, New Delhi - 110037 | Mayur Vihar Purvasha Durga Puja Samity B-308 Anandlok Housing Society Mayur Vihar Phase - I Delhi 110091, Tel: +91-11-2254705 |
| Ashok Vihar Durga Bari, Ashok Vihar Plot No: C-1, Pocket A Phase II, Ashok Vihar Delhi 110052 Tel: +91-11-7465349 | Chittaranjan Park C.R. Park Durga Puja Samity "B-Block" B-379 Chittaranjan Park New Delhi 110019 |
| Hauz Khas & Adjoining Areas Sarbojanin Durga Puja Committee H-1 Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016 Tel: +91-11-6863289, 664142 | Chittaranjan Park C.R. Park Durga Puja Samity "Co-operative Ground" K-2033 C.R. Park, New Delhi 110019 Tel: +91-11-6413985, 6287480 |
| Chittaranjan Park Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir Society New Delhi - 110019 Tel: +91-11-6416924 | Chittaranjan Park Mela Ground Durga Puja Samiti D-687 Chittaranjan Park New Delhi 110019 Tel: +91-11-6462671 |
| New Delhi Sabuj Sangha 479 Sector - IV, New Delhi - 110022 Tel: +91-11-6178249, 6185285 | New Delhi Saptarshi D-712 C.R. Park, New Delhi - 110019 Tel: +91-11-6471753, 6427434 |
| MUMBAI | |
| Thakur complex Kandivali East Bengali Association BMC ground beside St.lawrence school, Thakur complex Kandivali (East), Mumbai. | |
source: http://www.calcuttahorizon.com/durgapuja_abroad.htm
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2 comments:
There are hundreds of Probasi Puja missing from this list. Mumbai has at least 50 Durga Puja's while just one has been listed. There are bigger celebrations in Dadar Shivaji Park, Vasi etc.
Similarly, in US, the author has skipped Boston area which has 3 different Durga Pujas.
hi let me know durga puja in usa and new york
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