दुर्गा पूजा (बंगाल)

Bengal's greatest festival — a 5-day community celebration (Shashti to Vijaya Dashami) that transforms Kolkata into the world's largest open-air art exhibition. Over 40,000 community pandals house artistically crafted clay idols, themed decor, and cultural performances. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021). On Vijaya Dashami (Bisarjan), the idols are immersed in the Ganga — Durga's return to Kailash.

1. RecurrenceLunar — Ashvina · shukla pakṣa · tithi 6 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Durga Puja (Bengal — Shashti to Dashami)textual
4. Name (hin/Deva)दुर्गा पूजा (बंगाल)textual
5. Name (tam/Taml)துர்க்கா பூஜை (வங்காளம்)textual
6. Name (tel/Telu)దుర్గా పూజ (బెంగాల్)textual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ದುರ್ಗಾ ಪೂಜೆ (ಬಂಗಾಳ)textual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)ദുർഗ്ഗാ പൂജ (ബംഗാൾ)textual
9. Observed at21 templescommunity attested

• Temple 986b05b3deity-festival association
• Temple 1c5caa11deity-festival association
• Temple bb1f0a1fdeity-festival association
• Temple 4b4c174bdeity-festival association
• Temple 216b093edeity-festival association
• Temple 55c9c515deity-festival association
• Temple 770f4eaadeity-festival association
• Temple d736dc7bdeity-festival association
• Temple 4073b59bdeity-festival association
• Temple 84def3ffdeity-festival association
• Temple 0d17a936deity-festival association
• Temple 1f39a323deity-festival association
• And 9 more temples in the register.

• eng / LatnDurga Puja (Bengal — Shashti to Dashami)Bengal's greatest festival — a 5-day community celebration (Shashti to Vijaya Dashami) that transforms Kolkata into the world's largest open-air art exhibition. Over 40,000 community pandals house artistically crafted clay idols, themed decor, and cultural performances. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021). On Vijaya Dashami (Bisarjan), the idols are immersed in the Ganga — Durga's return to Kailash.
• hin / Devaदुर्गा पूजा (बंगाल)पश्चिम बंगाल की महाषष्ठी से दशमी तक पाँच दिवसीय दुर्गा पूजा — जगत की माँ की विदाई तक।
• tam / Tamlதுர்க்கா பூஜை (வங்காளம்)
• tel / Teluదుర్గా పూజ (బెంగాల్)
• kan / Kndaದುರ್ಗಾ ಪೂಜೆ (ಬಂಗಾಳ)
• mal / Mlymദുർഗ്ഗാ പൂജ (ബംഗാൾ)

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URN · durga-puja-bengal