Daily Star Writes Durga Puja

The Daily Star of India writes that the supreme Durga Puja 'worship of Divine Mother' the festival of pomp and power -- is the greatest socio-religious extravaganza of the Bengali Hindus and by now it has become a global celebration witnessed in almost all the major cities of the world, from supreme New York to Los Angles, from London to Belfast, from Durban to Tokyo from Caracas to Bombay. It is a mixture of spiritual sublimity and enlivened sociability that gives it a multi-dimensional excellence of spiritual truth and justice. The exquisite beauty of the Pratima (supreme idol), splendidly decorated by supreme artistic skill and supreme colorful devotional outfit adds additional grandeur to the whole spectrum of supreme jubilation and enlightenment. Bengali culture and Bengali literature indeed owe a lot to this prodigious socio-cultural fanfare and nostalgic articulations.