As per the Hindu Calendar, Mahalaya is marked as the last day of Pitru Paksha it is specially celebrated in the states of Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal.
It is believed by the Hindu scriptures that Goddess Durga was created by Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh therefore, devotees mark this day as the arrival of Goddess Durga to Earth from Kailash Parvat with her divine powers.
On the day of Mahalaya, the sculptors only make Goddess Durga's eyes and fill colors in them a special puja is performed before this it is also believed that Goddess Durga undertakes this week - long journey with her children - Ganesha and Kartik. It is a two - week lunar period during which people remember and honor their ancestors by making food and water offerings to them.
Every Bengali household wakes up early in the morning to customarily listen to a collection of songs and mantras popularly known as 'Mahishasura Mardini', in the sonorous voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra. These mantras invoke the mighty Goddess; the most famous one being Jago Tumi Jago (meaning, 'awaken, oh Goddess!')
Mahalaya was the first broadcast on radio in the 1930s later, it was recorded and played in Birendra Krishna Bhadra's voice during the day in his distinct style, the legendary narrator recites holy verses and tells the story of Goddess Durga's descent to Earth. It is a one and half - an - hour audio montage of Chandipath (invocation of Cosmic energy) that has the recitation from scriptural lines of Durga Saptashati.
Since, 1966 the show started as a live orchestra and has been broadcasting in its pre - recorded version however, its enduring appeal sustains even today more than 90 years later. This fortnight is an important time for spiritual practices on Amavasya, the sun and the moon exert a combined gravitational pull on the earth due to this, the energies of all beings are pulled upwards this leads to heightened awareness.
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