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May 11, 2019 · Natir Puja is a tale elaborated from another longer poem by Tagore titled, "Pujarini" (The Worshipper). At the centre of both tales stands Srimoti, who claims to be "Buddher dashi," or a ...
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Jul 27, 2023 · Natir Puja is about a dancer’s spiritual journey and at the same time takes a critical look at Buddhism, which at that time was creating an imbalance in society. I found this aspect interesting ...
May 9, 2023 · Birendranath Sarkar, the founder-owner of New Theatres — then a leading film producer in Calcutta — had offered to back a film adaptation of any of Tagore’s works, helmed by Tagore. The 71-year-old Tagore picked “Natir Puja” and put together an impressive team. The film had art direction by Abanindranath Tagore and costumes by Protima ...
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During Navaratri, we invoke the energy aspect of God in the form of the universal mother, commonly referred to as "Durga," which literally means the remover of miseries of life. She is also referred to as "Devi" (goddess) or "Shakti" (energy or power). It is this energy, which helps God to proceed with the work of creation, preservation, and destru...
We think this energy is only a form of the Divine Mother, who is the mother of all, and all of us are her children. "Why mother; why not father?", you may ask. Let me just say that we believe that God's glory, his cosmic energy, his greatness, and supremacy can best be depicted as the motherhood aspect of God. Just as a child finds all these qualit...
Every year the beginning of summer and the beginning of winter are two very important junctures of climatic change and solar influence. These two junctions have been chosen as the sacred opportunities for the worship of the divine power because: 1. We believe that it is the divine power that provides energy for the earth to move around the sun, cau...
Navaratri is divided into sets of three days to adore different aspects of the supreme goddess. On the first three days, the Mother is invoked as a powerful force called Durga in order to destroy all our impurities, vices and defects. The next three days, the Mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Lakshmi, who is considered to have the po...
In worshipping "Ma Durga" during the Navaratri, she will bestow wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity, knowledge, and other potent powers to cross every hurdle of life. Remember, everyone in this world worships power, (aka Durga), because there is no one who does not love and longs for power in some form or the other.
In both Shyama and Notir Puja, as spoken of earlier, the protagonists are royal courtesans, dance being their profession mainly oriented towards male entertainment. Even then, these protagonists are shorn of sexual rhetorics or gestures and their language both verbal and non-verbal are steeped in a discourse of spiritual devotion and adoration.
Jul 27, 2023 · The dance is based on Rabindranath Tagore’s play Natir Puja, says Sharmila. “The dance drama revolves around a courtesan called Srimati. Natir Puja translates to ‘devotion of the courtdancer’ and it talks about the untainted spirit of this humble dancer, who perceives herself as undeserving even to be present in the presence of Buddha’s teachings.”
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Natir puja = The dancing girl's worship by Rabindranath Tagore, 1945, [Visva Bharati?] edition, in English
