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Durga Puja

Also called: Agomoni (the songs of her coming), Bijoya (the songs of her going)

The autumn festival of the goddess's victory over Mahishasura, kept in Bengal as Uma's homecoming: Mahalaya marks her leaving Kailash, married daughters go to their parents' houses, and the immersion on Vijaya Dashami is her going back to Shiva. The Agomoni and Bijoya songs, first shaped by Ramprasad Sen in the eighteenth century, tell of Menaka's worry, Giriraj sent to fetch her, the three days at home and the parting before dawn.

Sources: Wikipedia: Durga Puja; Gangaur; Gowri Habba; Banglapedia: Agamani-vijaya; Mangalkavya (Annadamangal); Agomoni: Durga Puja folk songs (SheThePeople) · see Durga Puja's web

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Durga Puja festival of

Parvati (Consort) Shakta · The gods' light becomes a woman: Mahishasura, and Uma's homecoming in Bengal
Kept in Bengal as Uma's homecoming.
Raja Kangsanarayan of Taherpur (King) Shakta · The king who could not hold a horse sacrifice (Taherpur, and Shobhabazar 1757)
Tradition's founder of the autumn festival's grand form.
Maharaja Nabakrishna Deb (King) Shakta · The king who could not hold a horse sacrifice (Taherpur, and Shobhabazar 1757)
The 1757 Shobhabazar puja that made the festival Kolkata's.

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The gods' light becomes a woman: Mahishasura, and Uma's homecoming in Bengal
Legend · as the festival of her victory and her visit · 2 tellings

Cited

Wikipedia: Durga Puja; Gangaur; Gowri Habba § Durga_Puja Encyclopedia
Banglapedia: Agamani-vijaya; Mangalkavya (Annadamangal) § agamani-vijaya Encyclopedia
Agomoni: Durga Puja folk songs (SheThePeople) Media