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Oct 23, 2023 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
Cuttack cooks a feast for Maa Durga and Her Devotees during Puja
Here’s a #thread on the different Bhogas offered to the deity
At Chandni Chowk and Alisha Bazzar, there is a tradition of offering
Macha (fish) Bhoga to the Goddess on Maha Navami.
1. Choudhury Bazaar
For the Mother Goddess, ‘Pohala Machha’ is cooked along with ‘Kanika’, ‘Baigan Bhaja’ and ‘Saga Bhaja’. Only two kg of the bhoga is prepared which is not distributed among devotees.
Apr 24, 2023 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
#Parabhadi, the newest addition to Odisha’s Buddhist legacy