Durga Puja - The Most Extensive Ritual

The Durga Puja is compared to the Ashwamayda Yagya. It involves not just a priest, but a host of people who are supporting the Puja. In our main monastery, the Puja will be monks and the Nabises Brahmacharis. But in the Puja, which are conducted in houses, for example, it will be every member of the household,. The lady of the household, the children, and everybody will be pitching into support the Puja - even if they don't know each other.