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One of the largest religious festivals of Bengali Hindus, Durga Puja, will end with immersion of Durga idols which is also known as Bijoya Dashami. It is also the most popular festival amongst the Bengali Hindus.

Although initially Durga Puja was celebrated only in West Bengal and Tripura, today Durga Puja or Durgotsab is celebrated all over the world from United States of America to United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, Kuwait wherever the Bengali culture and the Bengalis have propagated. It is an annual autumn celebration marked by 6 days which are called Mahalaya, Shashthi , Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Bijoya Dashami. Mahalaya, the first day of the festivities, is followed by a series of unique rituals on the days of Sashthi, Saptami, Ashtami, Nabami and Dashami or Bijoya Dashami.

Durga Puja 2008 will start from Oct 6, 2008 and will end on Oct 9, 2008.

All Durga idols from the puja mandaps are brought together on Bijoya Dashami. Usually a colourful procession parades through different areas of the city with the Durga idols. The day before thousands of Hindu devotees observe the Mahanabami with great festivity at all puja mandaps. Devi Durga is offered the Nabami Bhog of food and fruits which later is distributed among the devotees visiting the mandaps.

Bijoya Dashami is a very special ceremony to reaffirm peace and good relations among people. Families visit each other to share sweets during the Dashami festivities. Married Hindu women put vermillion (sindur) on each other’s forehead on the eve of Dashami. The Hindus believe Dashami is the day when Goddess Durga accompanied by her children Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesh started for Kailash, her husband’s abode.

People who are living far away from their families or those who are more technologically inclined send Bijoya cards, Bijoya greeting cards and Bijoya egreeting to wish Subho Bijoya to their relatives and near and dear ones. The internet too has lead to the convenience of wishing while sitting in the ease of the living room. The Bijoya greeting cards are not only free but most of bijoya cards are almost guaranteed to reach the recipient owing to the sender receiving an email notification of the recipient receiving the card. As more and more people as being able to access the internet with an ease, wishing Shubho Bijoya Dashami during the Durgapuja has become not only convenient but also very reasonably priced.

Festivities intensify on the days of Mahasaptami, Mahashtami and Mahanabami, culminating in Bijoya Dashami, which marks the end of Durga Puja. Durga Puja, the greatest extravaganza of the Hindus, is the worship of ’shakti’ or divine power symbolised by Devi Durga. The worship is a tribute to the fight between good and evil with the dark forces eventually succumbing to the divine.