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Shubho Bijoya and Happy Dussehra to everyone celebrating! Today we bid adieu to Ma Durga… we don’t bid goodbye to a goddess but a daughter who’s going to back to her husband’s house. We had the joy of a mother welcoming her daughter home when the festive season started and now we have the heavy heart of saying goodbye to a beloved daughter. We smear vermilion on her forehead and feet and wish her a happy married life and then offer her sweets to ensure she leaves our homes with pleasant memories. I remember my mom touching the goddess’s forehead and then making the same gesture she did when she said goodbye to me. That gesture has stayed in my heart for decades and this one aspect of Durga Puja is the closest to my heart. The bonhomie of sindur khela and the last day of festivities is always tinged with heavy hearts and tears. The vermilion stained faces and the crimson air around all of us holds tiny wishes that the goddess stayed a little bit longer. But every year we end with the same mantra - “aasche bochor aabar hobe” which means that it will all happen again next year! . So here’s wishing all of you the joyous radiance of the same hope in your lives 🤗🤗. This is not a very pujo special pic because you know me guys - posing and having beautiful pics of myself is not something I excel in 😂😂 but I love this pic of both of us where we were naming all the pumpkins and being generally silly. Happy weekend my lovelies . . . . . . #shubhobijoya #bijoya #dussehra #durgapuja #hungrygirlintoronto #torontoigers #torontofoodie #toddlersofinstagram #toddlermom #dashami #durgapujo2021 #vijayadashami #festiveseason #durgapujotoronto #canadianautumn #indianfoodbloggers #durgapujodashami #toddlermom
This frame just lit up my day Di ♥️♥️ Shubho Bijoya 🎉🎉♥️💕
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cutie pie
2 years ago
You look so lovely ❤️
2 years ago
So lovely! I feel like celebrating with someone ! This is such a nice celebration
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Cuties 😍
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Beautiful 😍
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Soo sweet❤️
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