The 10th day or “Maha Dashami” marks the final day of Durga Puja. Huge queues are common on this day as people flock in to take part in “Maha Aarti”. Maha Aarti is performed as a closing ritual. As soon as the “Sandhi Puja” ends, Maha Navami commences. Khichdi and other delicacies are prepared on this day. Prayers are offered in the form of “Anjali” while feasts are organised in different localities. “Maha Ashtami” marks the 8th of the puja and is considered as the day when the Goddess defeated “Mahisasura”. The nine different leaves combined together form “Kola Bou”-often considered as the plant form of Durga. Priests tie a bunch of eight plants on the trunk of the banyan tree before performing the ritual. Hence, they refute the theory that “Kola Bou” is the bride of Ganesha.Īnother different view is that “Kola Bou” is a symbolic representation of nine types of plants that form a sacred complex. However, several cultural revisionists and historians have different views on this as some believe that “Kola Bou” is another representation of Durga. After the ceremonial bath, the tree or “Kola Bou” (as called in Bengali) is draped in a saree, usually a red-bordered one, and placed on the right-side of Ganesha, thereby implying that “Kola Bou” is actually the bride of Ganesha. On this day, just before dawn, a banana tree is immersed in the water as a part of the ritual. The 7th day marks the commencement of “Maha Saptami”.
Several rituals are performed while the “dhakis” keep the mood and spirit of the puja alive by playing the “dhak”-a kind of drum that’s associated with the puja and Bengali culture. On this day, Durga’s deity is unveiled in front of the public. The actual puja starts from “Maha Sashthi” or the sixth day where devotees welcome the Goddess with pomp and gusto. Durga Puja is preceded by Mahalaya, which marks the beginning of Durga’s journey to her home. Purnima Sharma, ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh, CEO JSCL Avny Lavasa, Addl CEO JSCL Hitesh Gupta, Joint Commissioner JMC Pankaj Gupta, Councilor’s ward no 10 Anil Masoom and ward no 4 Sunita Koul and other concerned officers of JSCL and JMC were present on the occasion.As per Hindu mythology, the festival marks Goddess Durga’s visit to her natal home along with her children. Mayor JMC Chander Mohan Gupta, Deputy Mayor Adv. On the floor of the park, few games have been painted to make it more colorful so that it attracts more and more children to come and do physical activities. These days children prefer playing games on their phone instead of playing outdoor games, so Jammu Smart City decided to give a new look to the park by its beautification. The idea behind the improvement of this park was to encourage the children to utilize their positive energy in outdoor games rather than spending leisure time playing games on mobile phones. Vibrant colors have been used to make it look more interesting from a children’s point of view. An initiative was taken by Jammu Smart City to improve and give a new look to this park by repairing and painting games on the floor for children. The park is located in old Jammu, known as children’s park. The other event as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations was the face lifting of the children park at Pacca Danga. The Trance Dance Academy also performed on the occasion besides some other cultural activities. Traditional local food like Banta, Kulcha and Gol Gappa was an added attraction.
On the stretch of Heritage Walk, stalls of delicious traditional street food were also set up to rediscover the temptation of the old Era.
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