Kali Puja

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Though Diwali was celebrated with traditional fervour in the city on Wednesday, the renowned Kali Puja was also performed with great devotion by the members of Bengali community.

Kali Puja, also known as Shyama Puja, is a Hindu festival that honors the goddess Kali during Diwali celebrations in India's eastern states. It is celebrated on the new moon night in the month of Kartik. Devotees offer prayers and seek blessings from Maa Kali, who symbolizes empowerment and protection. Kali Puja celebrates the triumph of good over evil and is a unique experience that showcases the vibrant culture and traditions of eastern India.

Power consumption figures indicate a decline in pomp and show during Kali Puja with many organisers shifting focus to the more popular Durga Puja over the past three-four decades.

Maa Kali Puja, also known as Kali Puja, is performed on the Amavasi day of the Aashin month according to the Bengali calendar. It also coincides with Diwali night.

Kali Puja is celebrated on the Amavasya or the no moon night in the Hindu month of Kartik (October/November). This date of Kali Puja coincides with Diwali or the Festivals of Lights.

Police have chalked out elaborate security measures to ensure a violence-free Kali Puja, after a group clash marred Durga Puja in the city.Fifteen people were injured in the incident.

The Bakhrabad puja committee has erected a silver tableau for Kali Puja.It is made up of 1.5 quintals of silver at a cost of Rs one crore.

Commute in the city has turned excruciatingly painful for Kolkatans with Kali Puja pandals encroaching on roads, thoroughfares, lanes and by-lanes, choking traffic.

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday banned the use and sale of firecrackers on Kali Puja to curb pollution amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

CM Mamata Banerjee has set a post-Kali Puja timeframe for re-opening of schools, reports Roshan Gupta. Banerjee’s announcement at an administrative meeting in Uttarkanya on Wednesday came hours before the Centre’s Unlock 5.0 guidelines allowed states to decide on opening of schools after October 15.

A series of festive rituals will unfold over Diwali weekend, among them the nocturnal Kali Puja by the Bengali community. Various pandals that celebrate Durga Puja also host Kali Puja with elaborate rituals followed by bhog prasad meals.

After the first lot of Bengalis settlers in the UK began Durga Puja in the 1960s, which gained popularity not only in Europe and America but other continents as well, non-resident Bengalis in the island nation are now organizing Kali Puja in a big way.