Staff correspondent :<\/p>\n
The countdown to Sharidiya Durgotsav is starting today from Saturday.\u00a0As soon as the light of the dawn comes, after the Pitra Paksha, the Devi Paksha begins.\u00a0Goddess Durga will be invoked through Chandipath.
\nApart from Chandipath, Mahalaya ghats will be installed and special pujas will be held in various temples and mandaps.\u00a0Mahalaya basically means counting the days of Durga Puja.
\nMahalaya is an important part of Durgotsavam.\u00a0Puranas have three phases of Durgotsava – Mahalaya, Bodhan and Sandhipuja.\u00a0Mahamaya is the source of infinite energy.\u00a0According to Purana, on the day of Mahalaya, Goddess Durga was tasked with killing Mahishasu.\u00a0According to Shiva’s boon, no human or god can ever kill Mahishasura.\u00a0As a result, the infinitely powerful Mahisasur expelled the gods from heaven and wanted to become the supreme lord of the universe.\u00a0So the trio of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva combined to create the inexhaustible feminine power in the form of ‘Mahamaya’ and Goddess Durga, armed with the ten weapons of the gods, defeated and killed Mahishasura in a 9-day long battle with an army of lions.<\/p>\n
The word Mahalaya has a special meaning.\u00a0Termination of pitra paksha or previous condition of devi paksha is called mahalaya.\u00a0However, there is a difference of opinion in this regard.\u00a0The word ‘mah’ means ‘worship’, while ‘mah’ also means festival.\u00a0Besides, Mahalaya means Mahalaya with ‘great’ and ‘alloy’.\u00a0Add ‘a’ to it and ‘alloy’ of worship.\u00a0The word ‘alloy’ means ‘shelter’.\u00a0Again, Mahalaya refers to the fatherland, where the heavenly ancestors reside.<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Staff correspondent : The countdown to Sharidiya Durgotsav is starting today from Saturday.\u00a0As soon as the light of the dawn comes, after the Pitra Paksha, the Devi Paksha begins.\u00a0Goddess Durga will be invoked through Chandipath. Apart from Chandipath, Mahalaya ghats will be installed and special pujas will be held in various temples and mandaps.\u00a0Mahalaya basically means counting the days of Durga Puja. Mahalaya is an important part of Durgotsavam.\u00a0Puranas have three phases of Durgotsava – Mahalaya, Bodhan and Sandhipuja.\u00a0Mahamaya is the source of infinite energy.\u00a0According to Purana, on the day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3585,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583\/revisions\/3585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTarpan to the ancestors starts from the dawn of Mahalaya.\u00a0In Sanatan Dharma, it is said that departed souls come from heaven to mortal world.\u00a0Many people pray for the well-being of the souls of deceased relatives and ancestors.\u00a0Tarpan is offered to the ancestors by offering water-sesame-food.<\/span>
\nVarious temples and puja committees will hold various programs on the occasion of Mahalaya.\u00a0Under the initiative of Mahanagar Sarvajanin Puja Committee, Dhakeshwari National Temple Melangan Central Puja Mandape, Dhaka Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Bardeshwari Kalimata Temple, Dhaka University Jagannath Hall, Siddheshwari Temple, Ramana Kali Temple, Loknath Brahmachari Ashram and Temple at Swamibagh, Ramsita Temple, Jayakali Temple etc. Mahalaya Ghat will be installed from dawn through Chandipath, Chandipuja and special puja.<\/span><\/p>\n