Durga Puja also is known as Durga Utsav or Navratri is a huge Hindu festival or a typical Bengali Festival in India(primarily West Bengal) that is based mainly on the goddess Durga. It is held in the Hindu month of Ashwin as in the Hindu calendar. This year the Durga Puja 2021 is going to be held in the month of Ashwin according to the Hindi Calendar and in the month of October according to the Gregorian Calendar. It is a multi-day festival which is accompanied by a lot of celebrations and pandal hopping all day and night long. Durga Puja is also celebrated in the countries of Bangladesh and Nepal majorly and also scarcely in other foreign countries like the United States Of America, the United Kingdom, Russia and many other countries all around the world.
Durga Puja 2021 Date
Here’s the date and time of all the main six days of the Durga Puja festival. From Panchami to Dashami all the main rituals and customs are held on these days.
| Name Of Day | Start Time & Date | End Time & Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mahalaya 2021 | 06:35 PM, Tuesday, 5th October. | 05:11 PM, Wednesday, 6th October. |
| Maha Panchami 2021 | 08:53 AM, Sunday, 10th October. | 06.24 AM, Monday, 11th October. |
| Maha Sasthi 2021 | 08:53 AM, Sunday, 10th October. | 06.24 AM, Monday, 11th October. |
| Maha Saptami 2021 | 06.25 AM, Monday, 11th October. | 01:48 AM, Tuesday, 12th October. |
| Maha Ashtami 2021 | 01:49 AM, Tuesday, 12th October. | 11:49 PM, Wednesday, 13th October. |
| Maha Sandhi Puja 2021 | 11:25 PM, Wednesday, 13th October. | 12:13 AM, Thursday, 14th October. |
| Maha Navami 2021 | 12:14 AM, Thursday, 14th October. | 09:52 PM, Thursday, 14th October. |
| Vijaya Dashami 2021 | 09:53 PM, Thursday, 14th October. | 08:21 PM, Friday, 15th October. |
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Durga Puja in Kolkata is celebrated with joy and very much enjoyed by all citizens all over the city and the state of West Bengal. The Durga Puja is a very big and much highly celebrated festival in the whole country. During this great Indian Festival. all the Hindus buy new clothes for their near and dear ones. They want to forget their past differences and with their rivals or enemies and start afresh completely a new life. Thousands of men, women, and children get out of their homes dressed in their best dresses and go to see the pandals and the deity models which are very beautifully decorated. Our Mother Goddess Durga is considered the most powerful goddess who is the bestower of strength, prosperity and all the best gifts in life. So the devotees pray to her for her various boons. She killed the demon king Mahishasura who had been troubling the gods and goddesses and occupied Indra’s throne in heaven. So the gods and goddesses also worship the great goddess Durga. She is also known as Mahisasuramardini. This was the story, in case looking to wish someone for Durga Puja Greetings?
