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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox holiday<br />
|holiday_name= Kali Puja<br />
|image= Kali Fatakeshto Arnab Dutta 2010.JPG<br />
|caption=<br />
|nickname=<br />
|observedby= [[Hindu]]s<br />
|date = Decided by lunar calendar<br />
|observances=Prayers, Religious rituals (see [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]], [[prashad]])<br />
|celebrations=[[Fireworks]]<br />
|type=Hindu<br />
|longtype= Hindu<br />
|significance=<br />
|date2015= 10 November<br />
|date2017 = 19 October<br />
|date2018 = 06 November<br />
|frequency=annual<br />
}}<br />
'''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]], [[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/> and the rest of India worships goddess Lakshmi on Diwali. Mahanisha puja is done by the [[Maithili people]] of [[Mithila (India)|Mithila]] region in India and Nepal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=f3LXAAAAMAAJ&q=kali+puja+mithila&dq=kali+puja+mithila&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDnfT8p6_XAhUjJcAKHTp2Cm8Q6AEILjAC|title=Religious Life of the Brahman: A Case Study of Maithil Brahmans|first=Asim|last=Maitra|date=1 January 1986|publisher=Inter-India Publications|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Hindu festivals]]<br />
[[Category:India]]<br />
[[Category:Festivals in Asia]]</div>simple>UltimoGrimm