Kali Puja

Kali Puja
Kali Puja
Observed by	Hindus
Type	Hindu
Date	Decided by lunar calendar
Celebrations	by worship
Observances	Prayers, Religious rituals (see puja, prashad)

Kali Puja is also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja. It is a festival celebrated in the honour of Hindu goddess Kali. It is celebrated on the new moon day of the Hindu month Kartik (October-November).

It is mostly celebrated in West Bengal, Mithila region of Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh. It happens at the same time with the pan-Indian Lakshmi Puja day of Diwali. In this day Bengalis, Odias, Assamese and Maithils worship goddess Kali. Mahanisha puja is done by the Maithili people of Mithila region in India and Nepal.

References

↑ India, Society for the Confluence of Festivals in. "Regional Names of Diwali - Diwali in India,Diwali Names in India". www.diwalifestival.org.
1 2 McDermott, Rachel Fell; Kripal, Jeffrey J. Encountering Kali: In the Margins, at the Center, in the West. p.72
↑ Maitra, Asim (1 January 1986). Religious Life of the Brahman: A Case Study of Maithil Brahmans. Inter-India Publications. ISBN 9788121001717 – via Google Books.

[1] India, Society for the Confluence of Festivals in. "Regional Names of Diwali - Diwali in India,Diwali Names in India". www.diwalifestival.org.

[MK72-2] 1 2 McDermott, Rachel Fell; Kripal, Jeffrey J. Encountering Kali: In the Margins, at the Center, in the West. p.72

[3] Maitra, Asim (1 January 1986). Religious Life of the Brahman: A Case Study of Maithil Brahmans. Inter-India Publications. ISBN 9788121001717 – via Google Books.