'Daalas' can be booked from September 29th, 2019, onwards.
KOLKATA: Festival Experentia has launched the website 'MahaUtsav Online' that will expand the horizon for virtual participation in the forthcoming Durga Puja festival. The aim is to help Indian diaspora across the world connect and virtually participate in the pujo.
The newly launched website 'MahaUtsav Online' has tied up with three prominent pujo committees in Kolkata namely – Chakraberia Sarbojanin, Ahiritola Sarbajanin and Salt Lake FD Block Sarbajanin, the company release said.
The release further added, the website will offer services like 'online darshan', 'online pushpanjali', 'online daala' and 'online pranami'. It will allow people to offer personalised prayers, help them to understand the chanted mantras as well as allow people to offer daala comprising sweets, fruits, saree and vermillion along with 'gotra' or clan name to seek blessings for oneself and their family. The website will also enable virtual visitors give monetary contribution to a pujo committee.
'Daalas' can be booked from September 29th, 2019, onwards. MahaUtsav Online will make the grandeur of Durga Pujo celebrations accessible on laptop, PCs or mobile screens from anywhere in the world. For women folk visiting any of these three pandals during Pujo, MahaUtsav Online with the assistance of committee members will provide feeding rooms, hygienic toilets, medical aids, accessible drinking water, multiple manned help desk and visitor friendly volunteers.
“DurgaPujo is the biggest showcase of what Bengal artistry is all about... This year we thought of creating a paradigm shift in the way people enjoy and participate in Pujo. The website MahaUtsav Online will make the grandeur of Durga Pujo celebrations accessible on laptop, PCs or mobile screens from anywhere in the world. The initiative aims to connect non-resident Indians with their culture, traditions, history and more,” said Anoop Hoon, founder of Festival Experentia & MahaUtsav Online.
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From waking up to the rhythmic dhaak beats, getting soaked in the festive fervour, offering anjali and seeking the blessings of the divine goddess – everything can be availed directly from the Sarbajanin Pujos @ MahaUtsav Online.
One just has to go to https://www.mahautsavonline.com and search for the favoured Pujo where he/she would like to take part in. One can also set alerts on the 'online nirghonto' or 'time-table' indicating auspicious indexes section to get notified about the Pujo timings that ensures zero miss out on the important happenings and rituals.
'Kahaani', 'Parineeta', & Other Bollywood Movies That Brought Out The Essence Of Durga Puja
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The nine-days of Navratri (in parts of North India) and Durga Puja (in East India) are celebrated with much fervour. The festivities are marked by delicious food, the fragrance of shiuli flowers, and pandal-hopping.
It is thus inevitable that the festival has made its way to the silver screen over the years. Here's a look at some movies that showcase the grandeur of Durga Puja.
The nine-days of Navratri (in parts of North India) and Durga Puja (in East India) are celebrated with much fervour. The festivities are marked by delicious food, the fragrance of shiuli flowers, a..
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Pradeep Sarkar’s ‘Parineeta’ was an adaptation of Bengali novella by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Starring Vidya Balan (Lolita), Saif Ali Khan (Shekhar) and Sanjay Dutt (Girish) in lead roles, the movie follows the lives of the three characters in 60s Calcutta. The film's Durga Puja scene shows Khan and Dutt perform the traditional dhunuchi dance. A pivotal scene, it marks the beginning of a friendship between Lolita and Shekhar.
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Pradeep Sarkar’s ‘Parineeta’ was an adaptation of Bengali novella by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Starring Vidya Balan (Lolita), Saif Ali Khan (Shekhar) and Sanjay Dutt (Girish) in lead roles, the ..
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One of the most rousing depictions of the festival in Bollywood, Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Kahaani' is set in Kolkata during Durga Puja. The film tells the story of Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) searching for her missing husband as the city of joy gets ready to celebrate.
The climax of the film, on Vijaya Dashami, draws parallels to the festival's message of victory of good over evil, as Balan defeats her husband's killer.
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One of the most rousing depictions of the festival in Bollywood, Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Kahaani' is set in Kolkata during Durga Puja. The film tells the story of Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) searching for he..
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Directed by Shoojit Sircar, 'Vicky Donor' shows a Delhi-Punjabi boy Ayushmann Khurana (Vicky) fall in love with a Bengali girl Yami Gautam (Ashima). The two varying cultures are depicted not just in the way their families are, but Sircar also shows the celebration of Pujo by Delhi's Bengali community, as the couple go Pandal-hopping in CR Park.
Directed by Shoojit Sircar, 'Vicky Donor' shows a Delhi-Punjabi boy Ayushmann Khurana (Vicky) fall in love with a Bengali girl Yami Gautam (Ashima). The two varying cultures are depicted not just i..
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An adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Devdas’ follows the lives of Shah Rukh Khan (Devdas), Aishwarya Rai (Paro) and Madhuri Dixit (Chandramukhi) in the Calcutta of landlords and courtesans.
While in the book, Paro and Chandramukhi don't come face-to-face, the movie showcased a bond between the two characters that begins when they meet around Durga Puja. This period marks an important turn of events in the movie, as it is during this time that Paro brings Chandramukhi, a courtesan, to her husband's home and is in turn forbidden from stepping out of the house.
The film's 'Dola re dola’ song, shot with the background of the puja celebrations, that features Rai and Dixit perform went on to become a craze.
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An adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Devdas’ follows the lives of Shah Rukh Khan (Devdas), Aishwarya Rai (Paro) and Madhuri Dixit (Chandramukhi) in the Cal..
