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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
18 Mar
These days biodiversity is hardly taught in schools. I went to a seminar relating to biodiversity. There the commission dealing with it in our state asked the students about state flower. They failed to state. It is shiuli. This...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
28 Aug
Almost all Indians have their ganesh idols in their houses. They decorate the puja place very well. Every year they are decorated. Lord Ganesha is the elephant God for the Hindus and is worshipped first then the other Gods and...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
2 Feb 25
For Hindus in India cleanliness is next to Godliness. the houses are cleaned up on the day of Saraswati puja. There is lovely alpona given with rice husk which looks white. Also rangoli is given. Flowers like marigold are offered...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
17 Nov 24
In bengal there are many ponds and water bodies where the lotus flower with leaves are offered in Puja to Gods. I already wrote about lotus leaves are used in fooding. The same lotus is used for making oils having huge herbal...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
6 Oct 24
In Calcutta the Durga puja is a biggest festival for the Hindus. The bagbazar durgapuja is a puja which has traditional style. There is daker saaj. Dak in bengali means post. Previously the decorations of Goddess Durga used to...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
18 Sep 24
On 17th September Viswakarma puja is celebrated in Calcutta. Viswakarma is the God of all industrial establishments. Even academic institutions having laboratories workship the idol of the God. In calcutta on the day of Viswakarma...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
7 Sep 24
Happy ganesh puja to everyone in every part of the world. Today for the Hindus it is the puja of the elephant God Lord Ganesha. Hindus buy clay idols of the Lord and worship the God for 10 days. Every day flowers fruits and sweets...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381928)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul 24
It’s 3.20 am here. I went to bed about 11pm but was still awake at 1am so I got up and came to join the northern hemisphere myLot community for a while. Vince got up too but has just gone back to bed. I might post this then have...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
8 Mar 24
Today is Mahashivaratri in India. All the Hindus workship lord Shiva. Lord shiva is represented by a Shivalinga in temple. After fasting for the enter day, devotees pour water or milk in the temple and do puja with fruits and...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
19 Oct 23
In the city of Mysore there is a lovely palace. It was built by the kings of the place. In the Durga puja in Calcutta one of the Durga Puja Committees made the puja mandap as a replica of Mysore Palace. There are separate prizes...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
3 Jul 23
In India today the festival of gurupurnima is celebrated. On this day while the Hindus give puja, it is also a day when the guides are remembered. Everyone is influenced by teachers, professors, neighbours, parents. These people...
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (10111)
• Calcutta, India
9 Oct 22
Today we have a puja(prayer) in our house. And as you know Hinduism is structured on polytheism so we have lots of gods and goddesses!
Below I have attached pictures of 'Alpona' which has been done by me. The white...
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
4 Oct 22
This is the last saree that my husband purchased for me. There's another new silk saree which I haven't worn yet. From next year onwards I have to buy my own saree for the Durga puja.
Many of my mylot friends do not know what's a...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
30 Sep 22
The Sinthee Agragami Durga Puja showed the message for love of trees and forests. In the pandal which is green in background, plants are shown and the message says that the human development is absolutely dependent on restoration...
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
30 Aug 22
Tomorrow 31st August 22 we are celebrating Ganesh Chathurti who is called our " Ridhi Sidhi Dhata", " Vigna Vinashak". He bestows us with knowledge which helps us to gain prosperity in life and removes all obstacles from our...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23240)
19 Aug 22
Lord Krishna is the greatest God of Hindus. Every year on the day of Janmashtami the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna puja is offered to idols of Lord Krishna. Puja is done by chanting mantras with flowers and fruits that are...
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