What is Kali Puja?
{{Infobox holiday |holiday_name= Kali Puja |image= Maa Kali Barasat Roy Chowdhury Bari.jpg |caption= |nickname= |observedby= [[Hindu]]s |date = Decided by lunar calendar |observances=Prayers, Religious rituals (see [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]], [[prashad]]) |celebrations= by worship |type=Hindu |longtype= Hindu |significance= |date2015= 10 November |date2017 = 19 October |date2018 = 06 November |frequency=annual }} '''Kali Puja''' is also known as '''Shyama Puja''' or '''Mahanisha Puja'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diwalifestival.org/regional-names-diwali.html|title=Regional Names of Diwali - Diwali in India,Diwali Names in India|first=Society for the Confluence of Festivals in|last=India|website=www.diwalifestival.org}}</ref> It is a [[festival]] [[wikt:celebrate|celebrated]] in the honour of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] goddess [[Kali]]. It is celebrated on the [[new moon]] day of the Hindu month [[Kartika (month)|Kartik]]. It is mostly celebrated in [[West Bengal]], [[Mithila]] region of [[Bihar]], [[Odisha]], [[Assam]], [[Tripura]] and [[Bangladesh]].<ref name = MK72>{{cite book|last1=McDermott|first1=Rachel Fell|last2=Kripal|first2=Jeffrey J.|title=Encountering Kali: In the Margins, at the Center, in the West}} p.72</ref> It happens at the same time with the pan-Indian [[Lakshmi Puja]] day of [[Diwali]]. In this day [[Bengalis]], [[Odia people|Odias]], [[Assamese people|Assamese]] and [[Maithil]]s worship goddess Kali.<ref name = MK72/> Mahanisha puja is done by the [[Maithili people]] of [[Mithila (India)|Mithila]] region in India and Nepal.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3LXAAAAMAAJ&q=kali+puja+mithila|title=Religious Life of the Brahman: A Case Study of Maithil Brahmans|first=Asim|last=Maitra|date=1 January 1986|publisher=Inter-India Publications|isbn=9788121001717|via=Google Books}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Hindu festivals]] [[Category:Festivals in India]]