Durga Puja (Bengali: দুর্গা পূজা), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasur. It is celebrated all over the world by the Hindu Bengali community but it is particularly popular and traditionally celebrated in the Indian states of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" class="extiw" title="en:West Bengal">West Bengal</a>,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar" class="extiw" title="en:Bihar">Bihar</a>,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam" class="extiw" title="en:Assam">Assam</a>,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura" class="extiw" title="en:Tripura">Tripura</a>,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisha" class="extiw" title="en:Odisha">Odisha</a>,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand" class="extiw" title="en:Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" class="extiw" title="en:Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> (eastern parts) and the country of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" class="extiw" title="en:Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>.
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