Dussehra and Durga Puja (Celebrate Your Festival Handbook)
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAE914 |
| Publisher: | Hechhette Book Publishing India Pvt. Ltd |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2011 |
| ISBN: | 9789350093290 |
| Pages: | 144 |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 7.0 inch X 5.0 inch |
| Weight | 170 gm |
Book Description
Bring on the celebrations - it’s Durga Puja and Dussehra time! Ten whole days for fun and festivals, and for thanking the gods and goddesses for their blessings. From fasting to feasting, from Rama dramas to burning Ravanas, from exchanging leaves to exchanging gifts, different people in different parts of the country celebrate these festivals in all kinds of ways, and you can know all about it!
This book brings you wonderful stories about Dussehra and Durga Puja… Can you solve the case of a stolen idol? Or imagine a private mother goddess? Or figure out how festivals can help you be the most awesome person you can be? Or work out ways to fight a monster you can’t see, and win? It’s all h ere!
So why wait to celebrate? Open up the boxes of sweets, put your best clothes on, and tuck into this super collection of stories, folktales, myths, legends and activities.
| Super Dussehra and Durga Puja Stories | I | |
| 1 | A Boy and a Lake | 3 |
| 2 | Tuli's Private Mother Goddess | 17 |
| 3 | The Best Hanuman | 28 |
| 4 | The Eight Extraordinary Brothers | 39 |
| 5 | The Idol of Arawal | 45 |
| 6 | The Night of the Eighth Day | 62 |
| 7 | Nine Times Night | 73 |
| 8 | A King's Repentance | 85 |
| All About Dussehra and Durga Puja | 89 | |
| 1 | Dussehra Delights! | 90 |
| 2 | Durga Puja: The Asura Dies at the Hands of the Goddess! | 92 |
| 3 | The Daughter Durga Comes Home | 94 |
| 4 | The Agnyatvas of the Pandavas | 96 |
| 5 | Celebrating Dussehra & Durga Puja | 97 |
| 6 | Getting to Know the Goddess | 102 |
| 7 | Mahalaya | 105 |
| 8 | The Nine Forms of the Goddess | 107 |
| Fun Festival Activities | III | |
| Make a Rangoli | ||
| Panchamrutam | ||
| Match It If You Can | ||
| Balloon Flower Basket | ||
| Quick Coconut Balls | ||
| Make Snap-Up Kheer | ||
| Make a Junk Ravana | ||
| Sparkle Painting | ||
| Your Own Gods | ||
| Ravana Mask | ||
| Puffy Paint Gift Box | ||
| Festival Quotient | ||
| Marble Rolling Wrapping Paper | ||
| Crumble Wrap | ||
| State It Quiz | ||
| Cereal Box Gift Bag | ||
| Flower Centerpiece | ||
| Deco Plates | ||
| Wish-list Prayer and Thank-you List | ||
| Be the Change | ||
| Festivals Rock! Diary | 131 | |
| Notes on the Contributors | 136 |
