Gods Wonders: Goddess Durga,

Monday, October 3, 2011

दुर्गा पूजा समारोह, देवी दुर्गा चित्र, Durga Puja Celebrations , Goddess Durga Pictures

Hindus to worship the Goddess Durga and to pray to her for well being for the community and family for the year ahead. A Hindu priest listens to prayers for the coming year and then offers the flowers to the goddess on behalf of the worshiper. Women end the celebration by thanking the goddess and then they apply scented powder to each other's faces as a blessing and then they perform a dance.

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Pandit (Hindu priest) Balu Dixit tosses flower pedals up to a statue of the Goddess Durga during the annual UTSAV Durga Puja Celebrations  at Iroquois Middle School in Niskayuna. The annual Hindu celebration is a World wide multi-day event. Locally it was celebrated on Saturday and Sunday in Niskayuna. The event is held for Hindus to worship the Goddess Durga and to pray to her for well being for the community and family for the year ahead. Dixit listens to peoples prayers for the coming year and then offers the flowers to the goddess on behalf of the worshipe.

 

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