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[Pictures] Durga Puja 2011: Celebration by the Bengali Community began today

Heartiest Greetings on the occasion of Navratri! Today is the 6^th day of the Navratri, and as many of you all might know, the Bengali community begin their celebration of the year long awaited festival, Durga Pooja from today. In Udaipur, this occasion is being celebrated from more than 5 decades by the people from Bengali community who are proud residents of this wonderful City of Lakes.

I, being a Bengali, remain too excited for the arrival of the season throughout the year. And now when the season has arrived, the adrenaline rush is to the extreme, and so is the enthusiasm and happiness of all the Bengalis. The celebration will continue till the 9^th day of Navratri, followed by Visarjan on the day of Dusshera, or Vijaya Dashmi.

For the first day, I bring you few clicks from the prime locations of celebration of Durga Pooja in Udaipur by the Bengali community. Every idol carved magnificently, every decoration was just spectacular. Do not miss to witness the culture and see the holy idols in the season of Navratri. There’s still a lot more coming from your very own UdaipurBlog.com on the occasion of Navratri, so stay tuned.

I would also like to wish you on behalf of Team UdaipurBlog.com a very ‘Happy Navratri‘ and may Goddess Durga shower her blessings on all of us 🙂

Pictures From Bang Samaj, Bhupalpura

Pictures From Bindu Bhawan, Ashok Nagar

Pictures From Swarnkar Samiti, Town Hall

Pictures From Hiran Magri Sec. 4

Attain Internal Peace with Muni Lalit Prabh Ji and Muni Chandra Prabh Ji

Udaipur once again feels honored to host the most renowned saints of Jain religion- Muni Lalit Prabh Ji and Muni Chandra Prabh Ji.These Jain saints are here for about one and a half month and will bless us with their spiritual and devotional words throughout their stay in Udaipur during this chaturmas.People from all over India are coming here for their pravachans and to get their blessings. There is so much enthusiasm and excitation among the people here that more than one lakh invites have been done in Udaipur alone.

The followers of Jainism as well as other religions have an ultimate faith in them. This could be well figured out in the grand welcoming of Lalit Prabh Ji and Chandra Prabh ji at Bapu Bazar on 10th July 2011.

Many of the followers were present there just to have a glimpse of them. They moved to Jain Dharamshala , Hatipole in a huge rally with a great pomp and show. In his rally, there were 5 elephants, 11 horses, 11 chariots, 5 bands and many women carrying 1008 ‘kalasha’ on their heads. People showered petals on him all over the way and some of them even washed their feet.

The Main Organizers of the whole event were Mr.Kalu Lal Jain and Arihant Property Dealer along with the Sakal Jain Samaj. Mrs.Rajni Daangi, the chairman of Nagar Parishad, Udaipur lighted the lamp.They will be staying in Udaipur till Diwali and their Pravachan starts sharply at 8.45 am at Town Hall, Udaipur and everyone is welcomed there.

Hope their pravachans will inspire all the Udaipurites deeply and their preachings will help you to attain inner peace and will give a break to your jet paced life and will make it meaningful n worth living.

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Written by Ipra Jain

Photographs by Yash Sharma