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DURGA PUJA FESTIVAL (PUBLIC EVENT) AND PUJA PANDALS (PUBLIC SPACE) A MUTUAL ENGAGEMENT OF CULTURE, SPACE AND TIME

    2 Author(s):  ANJAN MITRA , MADHUMITA ROY

Vol -  12, Issue- 3 ,         Page(s) : 191 - 208  (2021 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

Public events are a temporal experience - organised over a short period of time to manifest as well as experience, a cultural narrative. The Durga Puja festival is such a manifestation of a sacred Public Event. With its layered cultural imagination, the concept of Durga Puja is woven in myth, mythology, and cultural practices. The exact timing of this annual event is dictated by the guild of almanac-makers. They identify an auspicious Time (Din – Kshon - Muhurta) for the event every year with reference to the planetary composition and positional astronomical data. It is through this periodicity that the event also connects a spatial manifestation to an intangible realisation of the world beyond reality - the spirituality.

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