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DURGA PUJA ESSAY 6 (400 WORDS) 

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Introduction 
Durga Puja is a religious festival during which a ceremonial worship of goddess Durga 
is performed. It is an important festival of India. It is a traditional occasion which reunites 
people into the one Indian culture and customs. Varieties of rituals are performed all 
through the ten days of festival such as fast, feast and worship. People perform statue 
immersion and Kanya pujan in the last four days which car called as Saptami, Ashtami, 
Navami and Dashami. People worship a ten-armed goddess riding the lion with great 
enthusiasm, passion and devotion. 
Story and Legends of Durga Puja 
There are various stories and legends of Durga puja which are mentioned below: 
It is considered as, once there was a demon king, Mahishasura, who was ready to 
attack on Gods of heaven. He was too powerful to defeat from God. Then an eternal power 
was created by the Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh which was named as Durga (a 
magnificent woman having ten hands with special weapons in each). She was given eternal 
power to destroy demon Mahishasura. Finally She killed that demon on tenth day called as 
Dussehra or Vijayadashami. 
Another legend behind Durga puja is Lord Rama. According to the Ramayana, Ram 
had performed a chandi-puja in order to get blessings of mata Durga to kill Ravana. Rama 
had killed Ravana on tenth day of Durga puja called as Dussehra or Vijayadashami. So, 
Durga puja is the symbol of victory of goodness over evil power forever. 
Once Kautsa (son of Devdatt) has decided to offer gurudakshina to his guru 
named Varatantu after completing his education however he was asked to pay 14 crore 
gold coins (one for each 14 sciences he studied there). In order to get the same he went to 
the king Raghuraj (ancestor of Rama) however he was unable because of the Vishvajit 
sacrifice. So, Kautsa went to Lord Indra and he again summoned Kuber (god of wealth) to 
rain the required gold coins over “shanu” and “apati” trees in Ayodhya. In this way, Kautsa 
got gold coins to offer to his guru. That event is still remembered through a custom of 
looting leaves of the “apati” trees. At this day, people gift these leaves to each other as a 
gold coin. 
Significance of Durga Puja 
The festival of Navaratri or Durga puja has various significances. The meaning of 
Navaratri is nine nights. Tenth day is known as Vijayadashami or Dussehra. It is the day 
when goddess Durga got victory over a demon after nine days and nine nights long battle. 
Goddess Durga is worshipped by the people to get strength and blessings. Worshipping 
Goddess Durga helps devotees to remove negative energy and negative thoughts as well as 
get the peaceful life. It is celebrated to commemorate the victory of Lord Rama over evil 
Ravana. People celebrate this festival by burning the big statue of Ravana and fireworks at 
night of Dussehra. 
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