Kali Puja also referred to as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, is a pageant devoted to the Hindu goddess Kali, celebrated on the brand new moon day of the Hindu month Kartik particularly in Bengal, Odisha and Assam. It coincides with the pan-Indian Lakshmi Puja day of Diwali. Whereas the Bengalis, Oriyas and Assamese adore goddess Kali on today the remainder of India worships goddess Lakshmi on Diwali. Mahanisha puja is carried out by the Maithili individuals of Mithila area in India and Nepal.
The pageant of Kali Puja shouldn’t be an historical one. Kali Puja was virtually unknown earlier than the 18th century, nevertheless a late 17th century devotional textual content Kalika mangalkavya –by Balram mentions an annual pageant devoted to Kali. It was launched in Bengal through the 18th century, by King (Raja) Krishnachandra of Navadvipa. Kali Puja gained recognition within the 19th century, with Krishanachandra’s grandson Ishvarchandra and the Bengali elite; rich landowners started patronizing the pageant on a grand scale. Together with Durga Puja, now – Kali Puja is the largest goddess pageant in Bengal.
Kali puja (like Durga Puja) worshipers honor goddess Kali of their houses within the type of clay sculptures and in pandals (short-term shrines or open pavilions). She is worshipped at night time with Tantric rites and mantras. She is prescribed choices of pink hibiscus flowers, animal blood in a cranium, sweets, rice and lentils, fish and meat. It’s prescribed {that a} worshiper ought to meditate all through the night time till daybreak. Houses might also follow rites within the Brahmanical (mainstream Hindu-style, non-Tantric) custom with ritual dressing of Kali in her type as Adya Shakti Kali. Animals are ritually sacrificed on Kali Puja day and provided to the goddess. A celebration of Kali Puja in Kolkata and in Guwahati can be held in a big cremation floor the place she is believed to dwell in each locations.
The pandals additionally home photos of god Shiva – the consort of Kali, Ramakrishna and Bamakhepa- two well-known Bengali Kali devotees together with scenes from mythology of Kali and her numerous varieties together with Mahavidyas, generally thought-about because the “ten Kalis”. The Mahavidyas is a bunch of ten Tantric goddesses headed by Kali. Individuals go to these pandals all through the night time. Kali Puja can be the time for magic reveals and theatre, fireworks. Current customized entails consuming wine.
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