Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Durga Puja in USA (United States of America)

Durga Puja in USA

Durga Puja one of an important festival in India and is also celebrated in overseas. Durga Puja is also celebrated in USA in a very traditional manner and all the Bengali community come together to celebrate Durga Puja.

There are many Bengali associations which conduct these festivals to all the Bengali people who are staying in USA.  There is nothing new in the arrangements when it is celebrated in USA. The only difference is that, there are many USA residents who also participate in these ocassion. They too dress up in traditional Bengali dress to attend the Durga Puja.

There is a place in USA called as Bay Area where before people residing here were not much interest in  Durga Puja celebration, but later as the population of Bengali people kept increasing, Durga Puja  celebration started peaking up. As the roots of Bengali community is growing the celebration of Durga Puja is growing.

Place like Baybasi which is in the Foster city, California is also the place where the Durga Puja celebration is growing. Other places USA are: New York, San Francisco, Florida, Chicago, Houstan, California, Atlanta, Richmond, Virginia and many other places where Hindu community have migrated.
There are organizations which conducts Durga Puja:

• Bengali Association of Greater Chicago
• Garden  State Cultural Association, New Jersey
• Prabasi, NGO, Bay Area, San Francisco
• Houston Durga Bari Society, Houston
• Bengali Association of Southern California
• Bengali Society of Florida
• Atlanta Durga, Atlanta
• Greater Richmond Bengali Association

Durga Puja in USA has seen enormous crowd and it is getting more and more popular as the Hindu people are migrating on large basis. So it is great to see that USA people are getting more interested in this festival.



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