Durga has four children. Left to right are Ganesha the god of wisdom, Lakshmi goddess of wealth & pleasure, Durga, Mahisashura the devil, Kama goddess of love, and Krishna does not really have a speciality and no one worships him. You will also notice a small ornement on the top of Durga's crown that does not seem to be attached. It is not, this is lord Shiva Durga's husband.
Durga Puja is an annual celebration to honor the goddess Durga. It is called Durga Puja because Durga is the goddess and puja is worship. So the festival is called Durga worship. The festival 
started on Sunday the day I was there and will culminate on Thursday into a full fledged Mardi Gras. I came to the festival as a guest of Sangeeta who is pictured here with her boyfriend Dev. There were a total of 11 idols that were positioned in different places throughout Chittranjan Park. Here is picture of the drummers. Their job is to awaken Durga for the upcoming festival. Near many of the idols there are bells, gongs and drums the people will use to awaken the goddess so she will hear their wishes and prayers. Then they will go in and offer their prayers. This was a very surreal experience for me. The concept of many 
gods that I have to wake up to pray to and they may or may not hear or answer my prayers I have a hard time comprehending. The people here pray and don’t have an expectation of answer. Thank God we worship a God that is real and we can expect him to hear our prayers and respond.
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started on Sunday the day I was there and will culminate on Thursday into a full fledged Mardi Gras. I came to the festival as a guest of Sangeeta who is pictured here with her boyfriend Dev. There were a total of 11 idols that were positioned in different places throughout Chittranjan Park. Here is picture of the drummers. Their job is to awaken Durga for the upcoming festival. Near many of the idols there are bells, gongs and drums the people will use to awaken the goddess so she will hear their wishes and prayers. Then they will go in and offer their prayers. This was a very surreal experience for me. The concept of many 
gods that I have to wake up to pray to and they may or may not hear or answer my prayers I have a hard time comprehending. The people here pray and don’t have an expectation of answer. Thank God we worship a God that is real and we can expect him to hear our prayers and respond.These pictures are of a festival Jeremiah attended this past Saturday night. It is called Durga Puja. You can read more about it at http://www.123durgapuja.com
He did not know what the festival was about, but was invited by some friends. However, once he got there he could feel the spiritual warfare as these Hindi's worshipped several gods throughout the course of the evening. Pray for God to guard Jeremiah with the protection and to guard his mind and heart with all he is experiencing.
I am hoping he will blog soon and tell us more about these pictures.
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