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Bishu Mukherjee Bari Durga Puja
Sriharsha and Utsaha were two of the five Kanauj brahmanas invited to settle in Bengal. Their descendent Manik Chandra Mukhopadhay around 1852 started Durga Puja in the family.

The tradition was carried further during the time of his grandson Bisheswar Mukhopadhay. It is said that Bishu Mukherjee's offering to the diety extended to the arrangement of "aunno meru" (piled up rice hills) decorated with trees of gold and silver fruits. The wooden framework of the idol is worshipped the day after Janmasthami. It is decorated with vermilion. The face of the lion in the idol resembles that of a horse. Mahisashura without the buffalo is placed at the feet of Durga. 
"Ghot" puja starts on Sasthi. It is on this day household idols of Sridhar and Baneswar are placed below the wood apple (bel) tree. After rituals pertaining to the Ghot, women of the family welcome the Goddess or perform "Boron". On the day of Asthami both "Kumari Puja" and "Sodhoba Puja" are performed with full propitiousness. 

It was years ago when two astonishing occurrences distinguished Bishu Mukherjee Bari Durga Puja from others. On one occasion when the vermilion was offered in a brass plate before the goddess,family members found marks of Goddess's feet on the plate the next morning. On another occasion they found footprints of a woman, animal paws and marks of kharom (wooden slippers) on the floor leading to the storeroom while decorating the offering plates for the goddess.

 SABORNO DURGA PUJA || SEAL DURGA PUJA || LAHA BARI CHATUBABU LATUBABU || MUKHERJEE DURGA PUJA  
PATHURIYAGHATA DURGA PUJA || MITRA BARI    
SOVA BAZAR RAJ BARI || HATKHOLA DUTTA BARI
BISHU MUKHERJEE BARI || MULLICK BARI
MUKHERJEE PARIVAR (Dum Dum)

Traditional Durga pujas in Bengali households
( inside Calcutta )