Durga Puja 2022: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly and India women’s legend Jhulan Goswami were seen enjoying Durga Puja festivities in Kolkata. On Saturday, Ganguly posted the images on his official Instagram account. In those images, the former India captain could be seen with recently-retired Indian bowling great Jhulan Goswami. Follow InsideSport.IN for LIVE updates about Durga Puja 2022
Durga Puja 2022: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly celebrates Durga Puja with India women’s legend Jhulan Goswami in Kolkata
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Sourav Ganguly posted a couple of photos on Twitter and wrote: “It is that time of the year we all look forward to..shubho mahasosti..happy Durga puja to all.”
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A Navo Durga Puja pandal in Garia with the concept of Lord’s balcony, where the BCCI president removed his shirt and waved it to celebrate India’s victory in the NatWest tri-series final in 2002, was recently launched by Sourav Ganguly.
While former India women’s captain Jhulan Goswami ended her exceptional international career last week. She finished as the world’s most successful bowler in Women’s ODIs.
The 39-year-old fast bowler, who retired from international cricket on Saturday after the ICC Women’s Championship series against England, played in five ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups including in 2005 and 2017, when India made the finals. Goswami also turned out in five ICC Women’s T20 World Cups.
Goswami finished with 44 wickets in 12 Tests, 255 wickets in 204 ODIs and 56 wickets in 68 T20Is.
Durga Puja 2022
Durga Puja is one of the most renowned and cherished Hindu festivals observed in India. The holy Goddess Durga is ceremonially worshipped. People celebrate Durga Puja with great fervor and devotion. Durga Puja, an auspicious event, symbolises the victory of good over evil. The Ashwin month, which is normally between October and September, is when this celebration is held.
The Hindu festival of Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is a yearly celebration that honours the Hindu goddess Durga and commemorates her victory over Mahishasur.
Over the years, Durga puja has become an inseparable part of Indian culture with innumerable people celebrating this festival in their own unique way while pertaining to tradition.
Hindu mythology holds that the goddess comes to her earthly abode at this time to bless her devotees. For the Bengali community, Durga Puja is extremely important.
To destroy Mahishasura, Goddess Druga appeared from the fusion of all the gods’ energies in heaven. She had ten arms, and on each of them she carried the most lethal weapon belonging to each God. All of Goddess Durga’s weapons are sanctified during this time.
Devotees dress in new garments, chant aartis, visit temples, hand out sweets, clean their homes, and some may even fast to express gratitude to the Goddess during this festival.
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