🔴 Bengali Wedding My Dream Wedding: A Step-by-Step Guide 💍

A Bengali wedding is a vibrant celebration rich in traditions. This #thread details the key rituals from pre-wedding blessings to post-wedding festivities, each symbolizing the union of two families.

1 🔷️ Pre-Wedding Rituals

🔸️ ️Aashirbaad (Blessings Ceremony) 🙏

📌️ Both families bless the bride and groom.
📌️ Gifts like jewelry and clothes are exchanged.
📌️ Takes place a few days before the wedding.

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🍽️ Dive into the vibrant culinary scene of Kolkata with these mouthwatering street foods! 🌆 Indulge in:

🔸 FUCHKA:

Savour the burst of flavours with Kolkata's iconic street snack, filled with spicy potato and tangy tamarind water.

1 🔸 KATHI ROLLS:

Sink your teeth into these delicious wraps filled with succulent meat or paneer, topped with onions and chutney.

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🔴 BENGALI TEMPLE HERITAGE LOST TO TIME: A CONCISE LIST 🛕

🔶BANKURA DISTRICT

🔹LOKPURA
▪️Bears witness to the conversion of the ancient Venugopala temple into a Mazar of Ghazi Ismail, marking the historical transition from a Hindu sacred space to an Islamic site.

1 🔶BARISAL DISTRICT

🔹KASBA
▪️Signifies the architectural transition, having been transformed from a Hindu temple to a mosque, reflecting historical shifts in cultural influences.

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🌺 Mahalaya: Awakening the Goddess

On this auspicious day of Mahalaya, we embark on a journey of spiritual awakening and divine invocation. Mahalaya marks the beginning of Devi Paksha, heralding the arrival of Maa Durga.

1 It's the day when we earnestly beseech the goddess to descend to Earth, bringing with her strength, courage, and blessings.

As the earth begins to transform, turning lush and vibrant, we too undergo a metamorphosis, preparing to embrace the goddess's energy.

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🔴 JAYAPALA

In The Era Of Ancient Empires, A Hero Did Rise,

Jayapala, The Noble, With Valour In His Eyes.

Son Of Vakpala And Nephew Of Dharmapala Renowned,

He Expanded The Pala Empire, Its Glory Unbound.

1 A Devotee Of War Goddess Charchika, Divine, Fierce And Bold,

Before Every Battle, He Offered Prayers Untold.

"Namash Charchika," His Tribute Would Resound,

With Each Swing Of His Sword, Enemies' Heads Would Fall Down.

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🔴 Welcome to Kolkata- The City Of Joy, The City Of Emotion

🔸Hong Kong House

Council House St, Lal Dighi, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001

(1/n) 🔸James Prinsep Ghat

Strand Rd, Maidan, Fort William, Hastings, Kolkata, West Bengal 700021

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Maps of Kalikshetra/Kalikata/Calcutta/Kolkata

1757-1798

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#Thread On Life And Achievement Of A Sigma Male

🔴 Remembering India's Sigma missile man aka Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary 😎

Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was born on October 15, 1931, and raised in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.

(1/27) He studied Aerospace Engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology after which he joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

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#Thread

This thread will be an archive of the best Durga Pujo Pandals and moments of 2022 😎

আসছে বছর আবার হবে...
Next year we will repeat again...
अगला साल फिर होगा...

(1/n) 🔴 Kalyani Rathtala Durga Pujo 2022

🔹 Theme: Shree Swaminarayan Mandir

📌 Bengal

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🔴 UNTOLD STORY OF A GREAT HINDU RESISTANCE IN EASTERN INDIA AGAINST BAKHTIYAR KHILJI

After the fall of Prithviraj Chauhan in 1192, Ikhtiyār al-Dīn Muḥammad Bakhtiyār Khaljī also known as Bakhtiyar Khilji started marching toward Eastern India with 50,000 Khilji Army.

(1/n) 🔷 DESTRUCTION OF NALANDA (1193)

The great Nalanda University was ransacked and destroyed by Turkish Invaders, also called Mamluks, under Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193 AD.

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🔴 Let's explore the oldest standing Temples of Bengal which survived the foreign aggression and foreign rule...

🔸 Bahulara Siddheshwar Temple, Bankura- 8th Century

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🔸 Siddheshwari Devi Temple, West Bardhaman- 8th Century

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