Lakshmi Puja
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Lakshmi Puja, Sanskrit: लक्ष्मीपूजा, romanized: Lakṣmīpūjā, Bengali/Assamese: লক্ষ্মী পূজা is a Hindu occasion for the veneration of Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and the Supreme Goddess of Vaishnavism. The oc
Idol of the goddess during Lakshmi Puja
Rangoli of Lights
Lakshmi Puja in home
The clay model of goddess Lakshmi accompanied by her consort Vishnu and a boat (on the left side of the image) consisting five drums having grains, gold, silver, cotton and cowrie shells in Bengal
Naraka Chaturdashi
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Naraka Chaturdashi is an annual Hindu festival that falls on Chaturdashi of the Krishna Paksha in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin or Kartika. It is the second day of the five-day long festival of D
Krishna and Satyabhama fighting Narakasura
Bhoot Chaturdashi is celebrated in Bengal. Fourteen pradips (diyas) are lighted in this occasion.
Krishna decapitates the demon Narakasur with his discus
Narakasura or "Narkasur" effigy in Goa constructed from bamboo made skeleton and paper, then painted with fierce expressions accompanied by pyrotechnics.