Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6973460484243747"> Today, I would like to tell about the 340 years old Durga Puja of Serampore Goswami family's traditional Durga puja. Their house is a royal palace (Raj Bari) built about 300 years ago. Serampore is a town of Hooghly district of West Bengal, India. This town is located near Kolkata. It is a very old town, occupied by Dutch during British raj in India. This royal palace of Goswami family is situated on the bank of river Ganges near ferry ghat. When I entered at the house, seen the big structure at the middle 'chandni' or 'Naat Mandir'. It is made of 24 corinthian columns and occupied 130×30 feet area. I stood under this 'chandni' and found the 'Thakur Dalan' (where the deity offered puja). Its floor is made of marble. Its outer walls and pillars are well-decorated with cement plast...

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>14 September 2023 Koushiki Amavasya Puja will be performed at Tara Ma Temple of Tarapith, Birbhum. This year, Amavas tithi will fall on 14 Sept. at 4:30 am and will stay upto 6:30 am of 15 Sept. Lakhs of pilgrims and devotees are coming at Tarapith to witness the auspicious puja of Ma Tara. It says that Bam Dev - the famous devotee of Ma Tara lived many years ago, was witnessed the presence of Tara Ma on this night of Koushiki Amavasya hundred years ago. Since then, this night use to reckon as most pious and auspicious occasion to witness Ma Tara. And so, the devotees of Tara Ma are eagerly waiting for the Amavas tithi to witness the special puja of Tara Ma at Tarapith temple.