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Kali Puja
 Kali Puja is celebrated
in the month of October/November which performed on Kartik
Amavasya. Kali puja is the main bengali puja of West
Bengal.
It is celebrated all over India by Bengali community. Our
main purpose of this puja is to provide power to goddess
by worship in destroying evil from us and from the outside
world and also performed for the hapiness, wealth and
peace.
People of west bengal made the big and attractive pandals
and decorated it with the lights. This festival is also
celebrated in some areas of Jharkhand and Orissa.
Birth of goddess Kali : This story is related to Shimbhu
and Nishumbhu the dangerous and powerful demons. Goddess
Kali is the powerful form of Mother goddess Durga. Both
the demons captured and reigned the Indra Lok.
The gods defeated with them and they lost all the hope as
they were very stronger. Then gods decided to take the
help of Lord Shiva. They requested for the help from Mata
Durga, the goddess of Shakti. To destroyed demons and save
earth from the cruelty of the demons, Mata gave birth to
Maa Kali from her forehead. After the birth of goddess
Kali, the war had started between her and demons.
She started killing the demons. She bathed by the blood of
demons. She also lost her control and killed everyone in
her way. Kali made a garland of their heads and wore it.
She started destroying the world. So to protect the world,
Lord Shiva lay down in the path of her and unknownly she
stepped on him. After seeing him, her tongue hanged out
and Kali stopped destroying the world.
Chatt Puja
 The god of this puja is Lord Sun. It is celebrated in
Bihar and in the few areas of Uttar Pradesh and is
celebrated two times in a year. It is celebrated in the
month of march(chaitra) and in the month of
November(Kartik). This puja is started after the 6th day
of diwali. The sixth day is called the "kharna day". But
the songs of Chatt puja starts a month ago. Women also
sings the song of Chatt puja. It is the two days puja. The
evening argh and next day the morning argh to the Lord
Sun. Women offers grains, fruits etc. to the god Sun.
Woman fast for the happiness of her family members in this
two days festival. Woman baths in the cold water of lake
or pond as it is the important part of this puja. |
