Monday, June 28, 2010

Durga Puja in Pune

Durga Puja in Pune

As Durga Puja is celebrated in whole country, Pune too witness the same charm and excitement at the time of Durga Puja. All the peoples of Pune welcome this festival with great excitement and in the form of Dandiya, the traditional Gujrati dance. Durga Puja in Pune is largely celebrated by both Gujrati and Bengali community. Many big pandals are being built to place the idol of goddess Durga and people visit this place to get the blessing of Durga.
There are many places in Pune where this festival is being celebrated. All the pandals are being decorated with beautiful stage shows. Place like B.T. Kawade road, Koregoan Park, Shivaji Nagar, Khadki and some other place. The Gujrati community come together to play Dandiya Rass, but before starting this dance, people take blessing and have some Puja of Durga.

There are some organization in Pune which conducts this festival and one such is the Amanratan, which organizes Durga Puja at B.T.Kawade and brings the mixture of traditional and modern musical nights.

In Pune, there are many places where Durga Puja is being conducted. Places like:

• Kali  Bari Samiti, Khadki
• Bangiya Sanskriti Samsad,  Congress Bhavan
• Bengalee Association, Modern College Ground
• Pune Camp Durga Puja Committee, Wanowire post office
• Banga Bharati, Pimpri

Bengali who are settled in Pune take the full opportunity to show their cultural activity. People from other community enjoy all the Bengali culture, music, cuisines and dance. Many of the pandals in Pune are decorated magnificently and people can enjoy tasty cuisines of the Bengali sweets which are sold on large scale during the Durga Pooja festival.

Every year people of Pune enjoy Durga Puja with great excitement carry this celebration for all the nine days with dandiya dance.


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6 comments:

Sandeep Datta said...

Hi could you please give me some landmarks near "Banga Bharati, Pimpri"? I am having a tough time locating it on a map.

Anonymous said...

Tried a lot but no information is found. Even I couldn't found any Durga pooja is held in Modern College ground.

Anonymous said...

Bengalee Association pooja is held at Siddhi Garden, DP Road, Near Mathre Bridge. Still there is no whereabouts about Banha Bharati and NDA Mandir

Unknown said...

The Banga Bharati puja is right opposite Hotel Panchshil in Pimpri.

Anonymous said...

Beware of theft at Bangiya Sanskriti Samsad, Congress Bhavan Durga Puja Mandap, Pune. I lost my digital camera at Saptami night, this year(2010).

Anonymous said...

Durga Puja organiser in B T Kawade Road is AamantraN which has been mis-spelt as Aamantaran. Request early correction.