Why Bengal Weeps on Dashami for a Goddess It Welcomed Four Days Earlier
The Daughter Who Comes HomeIn Bengal, Durga is not primarily a warrior. She is Uma, the daughter of the mountains, returned to her parents' house for four days while her husband Shiva waits on Kailash. The Puja is a homecoming, not a festival of divine power. That reframing changes everything…
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