• Thursday 5th Oct 2017

Kojagara Puja

Kojagara Puja is an auspicious day dedicated to worshipping Goddess Lakshmi during the ‘Purnima’ (full moon day) during the Hindu month of ‘Ashwin’. It is celebrated with great fanfare in the Indian states of Orissa, West Bengal and Assam. In the Gregorian calendar it is observed in the months of September-October. This day of Lakshmi Puja is also popularly known as ‘Kojagari Purnima’ or ‘Bengal Lakshmi Puja’.