Durga Puja is around the corner with Mahayala starting from today, 21st September. Throughout the year, Bengalis eagerly look forward to celebrating Durga Puja with zeal and enthusiasm. This year is too, is no different. Here are five must to do things during Durga Puja 2025:
Dressing Up/Buying New Clothes & Self Pampering
Durga Puja is the best occasion to revamp your look and add some sparkle to it. Its the ideal occasion to pamper yourself. Be it a nice hair cut, spa, facial or buying a gorgeous dress to wear on any one of the days, Durga Puja provides the opportunity to indulge in self-love and self-pampering, rising in confidence and optimism like Ma Durga. So what are you waiting for?. Head straight to your nearby spa/parlour and see yourself in a new look, or dive straight into Pantaloons/Westside/SmartBazar and buy outfits that will make you shine this Durga Puja.
Pandal Hopping
Pandal Hopping is a must during Durga Puja in Kolkata, specially when the hardworking artisans have worked for months to craft their finest art and bring their ideas to life, telling stories that make an impact. Be it North Kolkata or South Kolkata, pandal hopping is the best way to capture the vibrant spirit of Durga Puja and create memorable moments.
Eating Out
Durga Puja is incomplete without indulging in your favourite delicacies and good food. Be it Fish Fry, Egg Roll, Phuchka or Biriyani, Bengalis love food and celebrating the festive period with it. Since all restaurants, cafes are pre-booked from before, its better to shortlist places where you want to visit during Durga Puja from before, to avoid standing in long queues.
Adda with Friends
Durga Puja is the best time to have a hearty chat or conversation with one’s closed friends and loved ones. Be it adda during pandal hopping or adda sitting at pandals, Durga Puja becomes even more special by sharing warm laughters, gossips with one’s locality, school, college, best friends and relatives. These memories are etched in the minds forever and one only wants to go back to visit them again and again.
Worshipping Ma Durga
Durga Puja marks the arrival of Goddess Durga, who is considered as one of the most significant symbolism of women power, resilience and strength. Ma Durga signifies the victory of good over evil and its an auspicious period where all evil in the form of worries, anxieties, grief, pain are mitigated by the power of goodness and prayers. She is the invincible force of divinity, courage, fearlessness, righteousness, protecting the universe, destroying evil and nurturing life. During Durga Puja, devotees pray from the core of their hearts with ultimate devotion to destroy any kind of ego, ignorance, greed, arrogance present within themselves and rise above all of them.
