Chennai: Durga puja festivities are in complete swing in Chennai, with pandals and meals stalls in T Nagar, Mylapore, Padi, Mambalam, Tambaram, Anna Nagar and extra places. Numerous associations have scaled up the celebrations this day, with the pandals at Besant Nagar moved to Injambakkam to house greater crowds anticipated this day.
The festivities at OMR come with a number of cultural programmes because the Dakshin Chennai Prabasi Cultural Affiliation could also be celebrating its 10th per annum. “We are bringing in singers and artists from Kolkata to perform during the celebrations,” stated P H Sivaram, president of the affiliation.
Although rituals are notable right through Durga puja, it’s basically a party focused round meals and cultural occasions, stated Sivaram. “Mutton, fish, egg and veg rolls are some of the most sought-after dishes. We also have something called bhetki patturi, which is a steamed piece of mustard-coated bhetki fish.”
Pueli Sarkar from Saidapet isn’t a part of any affiliation however hasn’t ever neglected visiting the Kali Bari temple and becoming a member of the festivities within the ten years she’s been in Chennai. “The food at Durga puja stalls is to die for.”
In the meantime, Hindus some of the northeastern population in Chennai tie the Bengalis in Durga puja celebrations, even supposing it’s most commonly the Brahmins of Assam and Tripura who actively take part. “The food items would mostly be the same but there are usually more dishes made from pitha, a kind of glutinous rice popular in Assam. Durga’s idol is also draped in Assam silk,” says Gautam Deori, normal secretary of the Assam Affiliation, Chennai.
Extra notable for them was once the Assamese pageant of Kati Bihu, which is widely known at the first year of the year of Kati (October 18 this day). Kati or Kongali Bihu could also be a harvest pageant. “It’s the time when paddy has been planted in the field and they start sprouting,” stated Gautam. In Assam, diyas are lit within the farmland so bugs fly into the flame, he stated. Because the ritual developed, ladies began lighting fixtures mustard oil lamps arrange on bamboo sticks within the areas, which could also be intended to steer ancestral spirits. To suggest this ritual, individuals of the Assamese population in Chennai luminous diyas prior to a tulsi plant inside of their properties.
Week Kati Bihu isn’t attached to Durga puja, each have parts of a harvest pageant, which is why dates coincide. Week properties are decked as much as welcome goddess Durga within the former, Assamese ladies welcome goddess Lakshmi into their properties throughout the year.
The festivities at OMR come with a number of cultural programmes because the Dakshin Chennai Prabasi Cultural Affiliation could also be celebrating its 10th per annum. “We are bringing in singers and artists from Kolkata to perform during the celebrations,” stated P H Sivaram, president of the affiliation.
Although rituals are notable right through Durga puja, it’s basically a party focused round meals and cultural occasions, stated Sivaram. “Mutton, fish, egg and veg rolls are some of the most sought-after dishes. We also have something called bhetki patturi, which is a steamed piece of mustard-coated bhetki fish.”
Pueli Sarkar from Saidapet isn’t a part of any affiliation however hasn’t ever neglected visiting the Kali Bari temple and becoming a member of the festivities within the ten years she’s been in Chennai. “The food at Durga puja stalls is to die for.”
In the meantime, Hindus some of the northeastern population in Chennai tie the Bengalis in Durga puja celebrations, even supposing it’s most commonly the Brahmins of Assam and Tripura who actively take part. “The food items would mostly be the same but there are usually more dishes made from pitha, a kind of glutinous rice popular in Assam. Durga’s idol is also draped in Assam silk,” says Gautam Deori, normal secretary of the Assam Affiliation, Chennai.
Extra notable for them was once the Assamese pageant of Kati Bihu, which is widely known at the first year of the year of Kati (October 18 this day). Kati or Kongali Bihu could also be a harvest pageant. “It’s the time when paddy has been planted in the field and they start sprouting,” stated Gautam. In Assam, diyas are lit within the farmland so bugs fly into the flame, he stated. Because the ritual developed, ladies began lighting fixtures mustard oil lamps arrange on bamboo sticks within the areas, which could also be intended to steer ancestral spirits. To suggest this ritual, individuals of the Assamese population in Chennai luminous diyas prior to a tulsi plant inside of their properties.
Week Kati Bihu isn’t attached to Durga puja, each have parts of a harvest pageant, which is why dates coincide. Week properties are decked as much as welcome goddess Durga within the former, Assamese ladies welcome goddess Lakshmi into their properties throughout the year.
