It is Vighneshwara’s Navaratri from Ganesh Chaturthi to Anant Chaturdashi. On Tritiya, we invoke Gauri and on Chaturthi Lord Ganesha. See more here. People decide to keep the Lord for 1 ½, 3, 5, 7 or up to Chaturdashi. In North India, people immerse the Ganesh idols in flowing water, ...
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Bengali Durga Pooja
Navaratri in India is an elaborate festival. Particularly Bengalis have it as their state festival. This was told by Anindita Banerjee in an interview with A Journalist Reveals. I found that the celebrations have somewhat become like Ganeshotsav in Maharashtra. Over to Anindita for details: What is the significance of ...
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