Results for "bengal"
16 entries found.
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePitru Pakshaपितृ पक्ष
A sixteen-day Hindu period for honoring ancestors through food offerings and death ritesTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Luck and prosperity Living
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreWill-o'-the-wisp
A ghostly light in folklore that guides or misleads travellers over marshes and bogs.Belief · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreDurga Pujaদুর্গাপূজা
A ten-day autumn festival honouring the goddess Durga and her victory over evil.Tradition · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇮🇳 IndiaKaliकाली
A fierce Hindu goddess of time and destruction, worshipped as a protective mother.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRangoliरंगोली
Floor art made with coloured powders and flowers to welcome guests and deitiesTradition · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇮🇳 IndiaTaraतारा (Sanskrit), তারা (Bengali)
A fierce Hindu goddess of protection and wisdom, central to the Mahavidya tradition.Being · Protection · Power and authority Living
🇮🇳 IndiaBamakhepaবামাখ্যাপা
A Bengali Hindu saint known for his devotion to Goddess Tara and meditation in cremation grounds.Figure · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
🇮🇳 IndiaKamakhya Templekamakhya mondir
A Hindu temple in Assam known for its yoni shrine and the Ambubachi Mela festivalTradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreBhootभूत
A restless spirit of the dead in South Asian belief and folkloreBeing · Cursing and harm · Protection Living
🇮🇳 IndiaDawon
The lion mount of the goddess Durga in Hindu traditionBeing · Power and authority Legendary
🇮🇳 IndiaAsanbibiআসানবিবি
A Bengali folk goddess worshipped with six sisters in southern Bengal.Being · Protection Living
🇮🇳 IndiaByangomaব্যাঙ্গমা
Human-faced birds of Bengali tales that tell fortunes and carry the deservingBeing · Seeing and foretelling · Protection Legendary
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMahanam Sampradayaমহানাম সম্প্রদায়
A Bengali Krishnaite monastic order focused on chanting and humanitarian serviceTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreNa'atنعت
Urdu and Bengali verses praising the Islamic prophet MuhammadText · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreKala paniकाला पानी
A Hindu taboo against crossing the sea that threatens caste status and spiritual purity.Belief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇮🇳 IndiaJvarasuraज्वारासुर
A fever demon in Hindu lore who serves the pox goddess Shitala.Being · Cursing and harm · Healing Historical
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Jvarasura: Suraj Belbase, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kala pani: =This media: Fconaway ( talk ) ( Uploads ); Original work: ; Subject w, Public domain, source
- Mahanam Sampradaya: Neehar Haldar, CC0, source
- Kali: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Bhoot: Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bamakhepa: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kamakhya Temple: JyotiPN, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pitru Paksha: Firoz Shakir, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tara: Chore Bagan Art Studio, Public domain, source
- Rangoli: SreeramKalyan, CC0, source
- Durga Puja: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Will-o'-the-wisp: Hermann Hendrich, Public domain, source
- Dawon: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source