Mahalaya festival celebrated in Odisha

Prameyanews English

Published By : Prameya News Bureau | October 06, 2021 IST

Bhubaneswar, Oct 6: Mahalaya festival has been celebrated across Odisha with a spiritual fervor on Wednesday. Odia and the Hindu communities residing in Odisha have eagerly observed it in the morning by worshiping goddess Durga on her birthday. At the same time, most of them have offered yearly shradhas, a ritual dedicated to their past generations, at holy ghats. Mahalaya is celebrated a week before the Durga Puja celebrations begin. The festival marks the last day of Pitru Paksha. The celebrations of Mahalaya is mostly popular in the states of Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal.Similarly, it is observed as community festivals in some of the Hindu residing nations in order to please goddess Durga and acquire her blessings. As per Hindu mythology, Goddess Durga was created on this day by Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Shiva to defeat the demon king Mahishasura. Therefore, Maa Durga devotees mark this day as the arrival of Goddess Durga to the earth from Kailash Parvat with her divine powers.

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