International Durga Pujas

The four days of Durga Puja are the best time of the year for Bengalees. In Kolkata it is
the biggest annual festival and for Bengalees settled abroad, it is a time to get relief from
daily work schedules. Creating an ambiance even close to that in Kolkata during the
Durga Puja is an impossible task but still Bengalee communities staying in US and
European cities try to celebrate the auspicious occasion in the best possible way. It is hard
to follow the bidhis (procedures and rituals) of the puja strictly as stated in the Bengalee
panjika in Western countries as there is no provision for Durga Puja in the list of holidays
there and so in many cases, the NRB communities observe Durga Puja during the
weekends of October. However, arrangements for some of the most compulsory things
like dhak, arati, dhunuchi nritya and last but not the least, the earthen idols are made to
bring the essence of the festival.

Undoubtedly they miss the Durga Puja in Kolkata very much but take the weekend puja
as a good consolation. They enjoy their time at the pandals or the clubs that host the pujas
and sometimes surf the news channels and the internet to watch video clippings of the
pujas in Kolkata to get virtually close to their relatives and family members.

Does your son or daughter stay abroad and enjoying overseas Durga Puja? Is he or she a
part of any Bengalee community that organises Durga Puja? Do you wish to see how he
or she is enjoying the time there? If you do, then contact ebizzkolkata. A Kolkata-based
B2B portal, ebizzkolkata aims to make Durga Puja 2009 a festival for Bengalees all over
the world. Through its network and facilities, ebizzkolkata aims to bring Bengalees all
over the world closer to each other during the Durga Puja. ebizzkolkata provides you with
a bucket full of gift this festive season including video clippings of Durga Puja taking
places in different corners of the globe.

ebizzkolkata offers a common sharing platform from where Bengalees living in different
parts of the world will be able to watch these videos. While the NRBs in US or UK will
get a chance to watch the popular puja mandaps in Kolkata, their relatives in the city will
get a chance to witness how Durga Puja is held abroad. ebizzkolkata not only uploads
videos recorded by its staff but also offers the puja committees in Kolkata and the NRB
communities the scope to upload clippings made by them in its portal.

In this festive season, ebizzkolkata plans aims to serve as a platform where Bengalees in
Kolkata and abroad can exchange their festive mood virtually through video clippings. So
if you are a Bengalee of Kolkata or Los Angeles, then bring out your movie camera, start
recording and send us the clips. Tell your friends and relatives to log on to ebizzkolkata to
know how you are enjoying the festive season.