Durga puja

Durga puja is the annual celebration of maa Durgas homecoming from travelling. She represents invincibility and fighting the evil. She has four children my favourite being gaunesh the god of wisdom and success. The celebration lasts almost a week and to me really resonates with woman hood and femininity as one of the days of the festival is where all the women give their blessings and gifts to maa Durga. This is also important to me as I am half Indian as my grandparents are from India. Where they I’ve in London has a large south East Asian community so Durga puja is locally celebrated. It also represents new beginnings so my Thakuma (Bengali for dads mum) gives me some money to get new clothes!

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