Basanti Puja 2023 Calendar
- Sri Basanti Devi Durga Puja Amantran Adhibas – March 27
- Saptami Puja, Nabapatrika – March 28
- Ashtami puja, Sandhi Puja – March 29
- Navami puja – March 30
- Sri Basanti Devi Durga Puja Dashami puja visarjan – March 31
This puja is still popular with Goddess Durga worshippers. Elaborate rituals are missing during the period. The rituals performed during Ashwin month Durga Puja are not performed in the Chaitra month. But people keep fast on the Ashtami and Navami day in some regions. Chaitra is the last month in a Bengali calendar.
Some traditional sarvajanik puja mandals and traditional homes still conduct important pujas during the occasion.
The Durga Puja in Ashwin month (October – November) is also known as Akal Bodhon, or untimely invocation, as Lord Ram had invoked her during the Ashwin month.
Basanti Puja in Hindu Scriptures
Basanti Puja finds mention in numerous Hindu Scriptures. It is said that King Suratha, an ideal king, was the first to worship Mother Goddess Durga. He performed the pujas and ritual in the month of Chaitra (March) during the spring season. That puja was known as Basanti Puja. People followed this pattern till Lord Ram changed it.
Today, Some people perform the puja to overcome the mistakes and sins committed during the Durga Puja in Ashwin month.
Basanti Puja Malini Mela in Arunachal Pradesh
At the famous Malini temple, dedicated to Goddess Durga, in Arunachal Pradesh, a big fair is held during Basanti Puja. Devotees from both plain and hills offer obeisance to the goddess during the period. A big fair is held here during the period and it is known as Malini Mela.
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