Est. 1881 · 145 years of devotion
রূপপুর চ্যাটার্জি বাড়ির দুর্গাপূজা
The family Durga Puja started by Late Shri Krishnalal Chattopadhyay of Ruppur, Jagatballabpur — carried forward by five generations for 145 years.
Maha Shashthi begins in
5 – 10 October 2027
Since1881Our story
Every autumn, when the kash phool bloom and the dhak begins to beat, the Chatterjee family of Ruppur returns to its ancestral Durga temple to welcome Ma Durga home. Started about 145 years ago by Late Shri Krishnalal Chattopadhyay, a landlord of Ruppur, the Puja is now carried forward by the fifth generation of the family, following Vaishnavite rituals.
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Durga Puja 2027 · ১৪৩৪ বঙ্গাব্দ
মহাষষ্ঠী
Tue, 5 Oct
মহাসপ্তমী
Wed, 6 Oct
মহাষ্টমী
Thu, 7 Oct
মহানবমী
Fri, 8 Oct
মহানবমী · দ্বিতীয় দিন
Sat, 9 Oct
বিজয়া দশমী
Sun, 10 Oct
Traditions
Sankalpa in puja is a solemn, intentional declaration that sets the purpose, scope and results of a ritual. It acts as the mental and verbal commitment binding the worshipper’s mind, the ritual actions, and the deity invoked, so the sacred intention becomes the energetic cause for the desired outcome.
Ma is awakened at a bel tree with a water-filled kalash on Shashthi evening.
Nine sacred plants are bathed at dawn on Saptami and placed beside Ganesha.
The sacred 48 minutes where Ashtami meets Navami.
Offered with 108 lamps and bel leaves at the moment of Sandhi.
Incense, dhak and dance before Ma on Vijaya Dashami.
Married women bid Ma farewell with sweets, betel leaves and sindoor.
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On Maha Navami a young girl is bathed, dressed and adorned, and worshipped as Ma Durga herself. How Kumari Puja is done at our family Puja in Ruppur, and what it says about the Goddess being present in all of us.
At the Sandhi moment of Maha Ashtami Ma takes the form of Chandi, and devotees make their wishes known through dandi khata. What it is, why it is done, and what it looks like in the courtyard of our family Puja in Ruppur.
Why Durga Puja begins at the foot of a bel tree. The story of Ma's long journey to her father's home, the night she rests with her children, and how our family welcomes her on Maha Shashthi.
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Durga Puja 2027 at Ruppur Chatterjee Bari runs from Maha Shashthi to Vijaya Dashami. See the full day-by-day nirghonto on our Puja 2027 page.
Our family Puja was started about 145 years ago by Late Shri Krishnalal Chattopadhyay, a landlord of Ruppur. Today the fifth generation of the family carries it forward.
Yes. It is the family Durga Puja of the Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee) family of Ruppur, held at the family's ancestral Durga temple, and one of the Bonedi Bari pujas of Howrah district.
