Durga Puja was first celebrated at Belur Math in 1901. Since then it is been celebrated year after year, although for a few years after the first celebration in 1901, Pratima [Image] worship was not done. In this connection it should be mentioned that Durga Puja was conducted on a small scale, without the image, by the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna during the early years of Ramakrishna Math at Baranagar. It was Swami Vivekananda himself who started the first Durga Puja with the image at Belur Math.
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