There is a beautiful serendipitous thing about Bengalis getting together anytime after Mahalaya. The presiding goddess, Vimala, of the Vimala Temple located within the Jagannath Temple complex in Puri too is offered fish from the sacred Markanda temple tank, cooked and offered, as per Tantric rituals during Durga Puja. As the Vedic Durga emerged from the Savara Vindhyavasini, she carried …
