Of all the public pUjA-s that I have expereinced from across the states I feel none do it with more religiousity than the easterners -- Biharis the ShaShThI- and sUrya pUjA; Bengalis the durgA- and saraswatI- pUjA; the nepAla-s indradhwaja; Orissans the jagannAtha yAtrA etc.
Commercialization is everywhere, and worse at other places. Go see gaNapati commercialization in mumbaI and navarAtri in vaDodarA. Go see the punjabi parade at the famed temple of vaiShNavI in the lower himAlaya, then come and compare it with the religiosity of Bengalis at the temples of tArA and kAmAkhyA.
Can we now stop bangal/durgApUjA-bashing please and return to more enjoyable and meaningful BJP-bashing? Besides, bengal has just now kicked the commies in their rear demonstrating that bengali <> commie, once and for all.
Commercialization is everywhere, and worse at other places. Go see gaNapati commercialization in mumbaI and navarAtri in vaDodarA. Go see the punjabi parade at the famed temple of vaiShNavI in the lower himAlaya, then come and compare it with the religiosity of Bengalis at the temples of tArA and kAmAkhyA.
Can we now stop bangal/durgApUjA-bashing please and return to more enjoyable and meaningful BJP-bashing? Besides, bengal has just now kicked the commies in their rear demonstrating that bengali <> commie, once and for all.