The story behind this is that Lord Rama worshiped with 108 Nila lotus flowers and 108 lamps. Mahishasuramardini to kill Ravana.

Durga Puja to be held in September October Rituals Conventional Durga Puja which takes place in March-April is different, so this time Durga Puja is also called Akalabodhan and Akala implies Out of the Season and Bodhan implies Worship.

The History and Origin of the Durga Puja Festival

When Durga Puja was celebrated for the first time, if we talk about the historical record, the landlords of Dinajpur and Malda in Bengal organized Durga Puja for the first time in the 15th century.

If we consider some further research, the king of Tahir Pur Kancho Narayan and  Nadia Majumdar first organized Sharodiya Durga Puja in 1606.

How did Durga Puja start?

 after this. Another version of Durga Puja came to 12 Yari Puja In the Gupta Pura of Hooghly District of West Bengal, 12 friends came together to collect money from local people and started doing Durga Puja. This was named Baro Yari Puja i.e. Durga Puja of 12 friends.

How Durga puja become community Durga puja

King Harinath of Kasim Bazar brings the 12 yari  Pooja to Kolkata in 1832. Before this, King Harinath used to do Durga Puja from 1824 to 1831 in his Rajbari in Murshidabad. . What led to the beginning of Sarbojnin Durga Puja i.e. Community Durga Puja

In 1910 the Sanatan Dharma Sabha organized the first Sarbogenen Durga Puja in Bagh Bazaar for the first time. Durga Puja saw public contraption, public control, and public participation and in recent times it is the most popular model of Durga Puja.

Another main motive of Durga Puja was to extend Hindu Bengali culture in India. When the capital of British India moved from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911, many Bengalis migrated from Kolkata to Delhi and started Durga Puja in Delhi. Durga Puja was first organized in Delhi in 1910 by Kashmiri Gate Durga Puja.