Monday, 8 September 2014

Durga Puja in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad

Durga Puja in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad

Delhi Durga Puja Samity, estabilished in 1910, celebrated the oldest Durga Puja in Delhi, 2011 being the 102nd year. Popularly known as the Kashmere Gate Durga Puja, attracted people from all over Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). It is held in the field of Bengali Senior Secondary School in the Kashmere Gate area. 

Not too far from Kashmere Gate is the Timarpur Durga Puja.  After the capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, Bengali Babus who were primarily the Government servants residing in this area started the puja in 1914 inside the residential colony.

In the Saket Area, in K Block, A few minutes drive from K block, inside the Sector 1 residential colony M.B. Road Durga Puja Samity is celebrating durga puja. 

Durga Puja is also held in GK II E Block (Greater Kailash II) area.

In C.R Park area there were other puja pandals as well which drew huge crowds in Mela Ground, B Block, E Block and Shiv Mandir. Some other must see pujas to visit in the Delhi area are Aram Bagh, Nivedita Enclave, Mayur Vihar and Matri Mandir.

One of the most visited puja in Noida is the one at Noida Kali Bari in Sector 26. Saptarshi Sangha in Noida Sector 50 this year has the pandal on the theme of Jorasanko Thakurbari, ancestral home of Kobiguru Rabindranath Tagore. 

Noida Sector 62 Durga Puja is a community puja with bhog being served on all days. In Jalvayu Vihar, Durga puja started in 1993 by the Bengali residents of Sector 21 and 25. 

Durga Puja is being celebrated in Ghaziabad, Shipra Sun City. 

The MATRI MANDIR SAMITY in Safdarjung Enclave - New Delhi is a leading Religious-cum-Charitable -cum-Socio Cultural organization in Delhi.