History of Durga Pujo
Back to over 2300 years,
the Gangaridai Civilization which is the genealogical/ancestral civilisation of Bengalis was a prosperous progressed civilisation and their fundamental divinity was Maa Durga (Uma) also known as Dosho Prohoro Dharini.
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Back to over 2300 years,
the Gangaridai Civilization which is the genealogical/ancestral civilisation of Bengalis was a prosperous progressed civilisation and their fundamental divinity was Maa Durga (Uma) also known as Dosho Prohoro Dharini.
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Whatever archaeological proof we get off that period, the way of depicting the Durga Roopam was that the doshor prohor that is 10 weapons (10 kinds of powers and vibrations of her) are coming out of her conscience...
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...instead of holding in her 10 hands, given the sculptures of Maa Durga had only two hands.
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Presently we go to the later Gupta Period, we got heaps of figures of Maa Durga through exhuming comparative specimens were found in the Bengal area which portrays even in the Gupta period extravaganza of Maa Durga was brilliantly enormous in scale.
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When kaulachara Shaktism became a full fledged ecosystem deviating from the Bhairava agamas it spreads across from Kamakhya peeth and Kali Ghat Shakti peeth and the adoring of Maa Kali began then onwards.
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Despite the fact that we get the reference of Maa Kali in numerous other antiquated puranic texts , among all Shakti Piths one was Kali Ghat shakti peeth which is the shakti peeth of the fundemental Devi of Kalikula tantra and the primordial Mahavidya...
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...which is Maa Mahakalika, stood on the heart of Bengal thus the ancestral name of Kolkata i.e Kalika kshetra of Bangali Gaudiya civilization developed with its Shakta tantrik core.
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When the Pala period developed came in Gauda or Vangadesh as Bengal was known in those times. Ugro Chandi and Maa chorchika is also known as Chamunda was the primary divinity which is one more articulation of Shakti.
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The sheer volume of Pala era Mahisasur mardini sculptures attest the very presence of shakta tantrik culture of that time.
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The iconic majestic heritage of Pala proceeded in the Sena time frame and King Ballal Sen himself was an immense devotee of Maa and he constructed Dhakeshwari Temple which is perhaps one of the most traditional ancient Temple and on which the city Dhaka is named.
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Now lets go to the Dev period, in spite of the fact that Devs were Vaishnavite nevertheless Maa Durga was honoured on an excellent scale in a heavenly way and we got archaeological proof to demonstrate our litigation.
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Parallely on the off chance that we check out the historical backdrop of Malla bhumi, we will know during the hour of Adi Malla, the Bargo Kshatriya clan were devoted toward Lord Indra & performed the indradhwaj Utsav yet before the beginning of the archaic medieval age.
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...they moved back to Maa and they began adoring Shakti as Maa Mrinmoyi, the temple still exist and the Durga puja is applauded in a colossal way in Malla Bhumi.
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And the fesitivity and celebratory nature of the present Durga pujo of Bengal takes much of its cultural ingridients from Mallabhum.
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Then if we move to the later medival age the Kayastha ruler, zamindars and nobilities begun Durga puja in their homes like Andul Dutta Chowdury Bari, Bose Bari Durga puja, or more importantly the brahman royal families like that of Raja Krishna Chandra Ray of Nadia.
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They endorsed Durga puja across their territory this is the manner by which traditional Gaudiya and Dhakia Durga Pujo began.
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At present the cutting edge artistic theme oriented puja began since Asian Paints and different organizations and media houses kept prizes for best inventive, innovative Durga Puja.
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This is the way craftsmanship oriented pujo began in South Kolkata given most of the Pujas of North Kolkata happens in orthodox traditional format...
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The ceremonies referenced in Vedas obviously proposes that it was the People of Vangadesh (Bengal) Gaudiya Empire who began loving and honouring Devi Uma (Maa Durga). This is the full genealogical genealogy of how the Durga Puja began...
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Durga Pujo Visarjan ceremony painting 19th century by Gaganendranath Tagore
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