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Durga Puja
The oldest of these is the one observed at Barisha in the heritage house of Sabarna Chowdhurys. Roy Lakshmikanta Majumdar of this family sold the three parganas of Kalikata, Sutanuti and Gobindapur to the East India Company in lieu of one thousand three hundred rupees only. The Puja here, almost 400 years old, is a unique blend of Shakta and Vaishnava faiths.
Another very old Durgapuja is observed by the Duttas of Hathkhola. One section of this family celebrates Durgapuja at their house on Nimtolla Ghat street.
The present heirs of Chhatubabu and Latubabu observe Durgapujas in their ancestral house in North Kolkata.
Debs, another ancient family of Kolkata hold two Durgapujas in their two houses, opposite each other.
Duttas of Thanthania belong to a very ancient family that dates back to the eleventh century.
Durgapuja in Chunders’ House was started in their Thakur Dalan in 1877 by Ganesh Chunder, after whose name there is an important road. His grandson Nirmal Chunder became an eminent politician in the pre-independence days.
Durgapuja in the house of Mitras of Darjipara also bears a tradition. Off Chittaranjan Avenue, the house is behind Chhatubabu-Latubabus’ residence.
Rani Rasmoni was a noble lady of rare courage and individuality in 19th Century Bengal. She spend quite a lot for stopping foreign steamers sailing on the Ganga in order to allow the local fishermen to fish in the Ganga.
The images in all these houses have characteristics of their own. And the mode of worship as well as rituals attached with it vary from family to family.
During Durgapuja, every locality in Kolkata has one or more puja. For the four or five festive days, pandals are erected, decorated and illuminated with great care and imagination. That the whole city looks like one great festival site is mostly due to these Puja pandals .
The most important and the most popular of all Bengali festivals is the
Durgapuja. It is celebrated throughout the state, but with great grandeurin Kolkata. There are some ancestral houses in Kolkata where Durgapuja is being observed over decades and even over centuries.
Some Traditional Pujas :
During Durgapuja, A To Z Travels, operates conducted tours to traditional pujas in heritage houses in the mornings and afternoons and to Puja Pandals through the night.
We also arrange River cruise by luxary vessel on the day of immersion of the images of godess Durga.
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