9/18/2023 0 Comments Durga serial of durga real nameRemember, we are speaking of Shantipur, the main city of Nadia district, which was the epicentre of the Bhakti Cult, directly opposed to the Shakta cult of Durga and Kali Pujas. One might ask, what is so strange about that? 8 Durga Maa in a ready for putting on the weapons This more than 500-years-old Durga Puja at the medieval-times’ Chanduni Bari, Shantipur, is not only amongst the oldest in Bengal, but also has many classic and astounding featuresįive centuries ago, the tutor of Mahaprabhu Chaitanya Dev, who founded the Vaishnav movement of Bhakti Cult in Bengal, started the Shakti Puja of Goddess Durga, a goddess treated as the daughter of the family, and is offered Hilsa fish – till date – as Her bhog(food offering)!
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