John Keats said it best in 'Ode to Autum'
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
The Prabashi Durga Puja Organizing Committee is delighted to announce 2019 Durga Puja Celebrations for Bengali community of the Greater Portland area. Get ready for the most anticipated event for the year.After all it is the "longest" 2 days for our community with maximum participation from the community Bengalis and non Bengali's alike .
We are a community driven organization so volunteering for the event and any donations that you can provide on this would be highly appreciated.
Date & Venue:
Pujo Date: Friday October 4th - Saturday Oct 5th
Pujo Schedule:
Date | Time | Event |
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Friday - 4 October 2019 | 5:00 pm - 6 :30 pm | Pujo |
Friday - 4 October 2019 | 6:30pm - 7:00 pm | Prasad Bitoron |
Friday - 4 October 2019 | 6:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Dinner |
Friday - 4 October 2019 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Overseas artist- Iman Chakraborty |
Saturday - 5 October 2019 | 10:00 am - 12:00 noon | Pujo |
Saturday - 5 October 2019 | 12:00 noon - 12:30 pm | Prasad Bitoron |
Saturday - 5 October 2019 | 12:30 pm - 1:30pm | Lunch |
Saturday - 5 October 2019 | 1:30pm -2:30 pm | Local Cultural Program - Part I |
Saturday - 5 October 2019 | 5:00pm - 6:20pm | Sandhi Pujo/ Boron/Sindhur Khela |
Saturday - 5 October 2019 | 6:30pm-9:00 pm | Local Cultural Program - Part II |
Saturday - 5 October 2019 | 9:00 pm-10:00 pm | Dinner |
Entertainment:
External Artist
Keeping up with our tradition of bringing talented pro artist from back home, we are thrilled to announce that Iman Chaktraborty ( recipient of National Award winner for Best Female play back singer for "Tumi Jaake Bhalobasho" ) will be our Durga Pujo's pro artist performer of the year.
Additionally there would be multiple cultural presentations from our very own "Portland -bashi" , worth looking forward to.
Here are some of the Iman's preview videos to get a feeling of what to come … Folks just a couple more days ….
Local Programs
Local Cultural Program - I:
Program | Presented by | Time |
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Welcome Note | 1:30 PM | |
Song - Aye re Chute Aye … Pujor gondho eseche | Arushi | 1:35 PM |
Song - Teri Galliyan (Villian) | Twisha & Anisha | 1:40 PM |
Modern Bengali Songs Medley | Arghya | 1:45 PM |
Hip hop dance on bollywood song | Kartavya and Dharya | 1:51 PM |
Kathak performance on a hit from Kalank | Pooja | 1:56 PM |
Purano Sei Diner kotha | Koustav | 2:03 PM |
Durga Vandana in Raag Malkouns | Ishaan | 2:07 PM |
Recitation - Eseche Sorot Himer Porosh | Maitri | 2:13 PM |
Dance- Tera Chehara (Adnan Sami) | Tanisha | 2:15 PM |
Kathak performance on dance from Kohinoor | Vidya,Meghna,Sayeli, Yuva,Divya (Rhythms) | 2:20 PM |
Afternoon Closing | 2:30 PM |
Local Cultural Program -II
Program | Presented by | Time |
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Welcome Note | 6:30 PM | |
Aigiri Nandini & Hanuman Chalisa | Reyansh, Reyansh, Ariannna , Harshil, Bartika , Rishan , Anurag, Ishan | 6:34 PM |
Pujor Saaj | Aisha ,Anusha ,Koustav, Maitri, Mihika,Pratyush,Rayan,Sharika, Vyom,Rumki | 6:44 PM |
Mars in our Hearts | Arushi, Anaya, Aditri, Ahanaa, Srishti, Tiyasa | 7:01 PM |
Fun with Dance | Shanaya, Ilina, Ashni, Ishani, Rupkatha | 7:08 PM |
Dhaak & Sishu Shark | Sreyan(Neo),Aurna,Aaditya, Dorshini,Sankha,Jeevan, Sandipan,Ratnadip Paul | 7:13 PM |
Aranya Kando | Sohini,Rudrani,Tanisha, Ishara,Otri,Aditya,Shankhadeep | 7:18 PM |
8:10 er Train | Anindit,Parag,Anandi, Rahul,Amlan Sohinee | 7:35 PM |
Ma Durga r America-e Agomon | Parbati,Arpita,Parijat, Riddhiman,Smita,Rahuldeva, Poulami | 7:42 PM |
Ek Sur Dui Katha | Debashreeta,Debangana,Jayita, Moumita,Prajokta,Ritu,Sanchari, Sanjukta,Sapna,Sneha,Sriya, Sreyoshi,Titas,Dipanjan,Jayanta, Sabyasachi,Satrajit,Anandi,Indrani Pritha,Shreya,Srishti,Sudakhina, Dipanwita,Vyom,Rajeeb,Bhaskar,Tania | 8:04 PM |
CLosing | 9:00 PM |
Tickets:
Starting 2019 we are making changes to the tickets. We are offering couple of different possibilities based in your choice of food. We encourage to register by Sep 20th 2019 to avail the early bird price.
Starting Sep 21st 2019 to Sep 27th 2019 the normal registration opens . The cost of normal registration will be 10% more than the early bird price irrespective of the category you choose.Online registration will end on Sept 27th 2019 midnight. Online registration is now closed. Tickets can now be bought on site
Onsite registration will be possible but we CANNOT guarantee the availability of food coupons as they are very limited number and will be available only on first come first serve basis . Both pujo registration and food coupons costs will have an additional 15% adderto the early bird price when bought onsite.
Pujo Packages
Donor packet→Prabashi needs your help so donor packets are absolutely welcome and as a thank you , it covers every thing which includes pujo , programs , bhog , delicious mouth watering dinner for both Friday & Saturday. This includes 2 adults and 2 kids
Both Days Pujo Package →All the programs and fun for both days and also the famous Saturday "khichuri" lunch .
Friday & Saturday dinner are not included in this ticket. Please scroll down to purchase separate food ticket
Friday Only Package → Iman concert only
Friday dinner is not included in this ticket. Please scroll down to purchase separate food ticket
Food Packages
Friday Dinner
Saturday Dinner
27 thoughts on “Durga Puja 2019”
ebar abar one and half days er jonno pujo? WHY?
Devleena
LOL as long as enthusiastic we all , we have some logistical constraints . Hopefully asche bochor 🙂
By the way the planing for the pujo is way longer. Please free to volunteer for the pujo and be part of the fun much longer . The volunteer sheets should be up pretty soon.
How much is the ticket for Sat pujo attendance only?
We unfortunately do not have an option for Sat Pujo only this time as we have moved the food ticket as optional purchase.
What is the timing of Friday and Saturday puja? And what about Saturday night cultural program (Imans program is on Friday).
We would publish the schedules soon.
Yes Friday night is Iman . Saturday night we have lots of great programs from the local talents. From the list we have seen so far , it would definitely be a treat.
More to come soon ..
Keep your eyes open for this blog / facebook page.
In last two pujos, very small portions were served: 2-3 pieces of mutton, chicken, paneer (as example).
If you are charging 20$ for lunch or dinner, please make sure you train volunteers to serve generous portions. Looking forward to get good food this time. Thank you!
Rajdip
Absolutely . We are definitely trying to get better this year and would love to hear from you during and after the pujo where ever we can get better.
Hi I see a donor package option but I don’t see that option in payment. Does that need to be paid offline? How much are the charges?
No its not offline. you just need to select a number in the drop down box (its under the Both Days Pujo table) before donor package and then click the Pay now button below
What is meant by ‘visiting seniors’ in the tickets category? Are my parents both 60+ years in age qualify as visiting seniors? Thanks
Piyu
Visiting parents fall under that category . are your parents visiting you from outside ?
If yes then yes they do qualified .
We will be attending Saturday afternoon puja and cultural program that starts at 2:30 pm. What kind of registration do we need? Thanks.
Kaustava
You would need to buy the standard pujo ticket (it is valid for both days . We dont have a Saturday only ticket) .
Additionally if you want to have dinner , you would need to buy the appropriate food coupon.
Hope that helps
Hi,
Do you have any details on when these events will start? Is there any cultural event planned for Saturday evening?
-Abhi
Abhinandan
We will publish detailed schedule within this week. Keep your eyes on this place. Update coming soon.
Broadly speaking
1. There is Pujo and Iman program for Friday 10/4.
2. Pujo, Local talents presenting cultural programs on Saturday 10/5
Ticket pricing is very confusing for the event!
Thanks though!
Thank you very much for the feedback. Sorry about that. Will try to make it more user friendly for next time.
Is there any way to bundle Puja on Saturday morning and afternoon lunch? I cannot attend the Friday concert due to a toddler.
Anurag
The ticket pricing is such that breaking it into Saturday is not possible & sustainable.
That is the reason the food is not included as part of the Pujo package.
There is only one Pujo ticket . Our apologies
If someone wanted to attend puja on Saturday whole day and khichuri bhog (only lunch) what will be the cost.I cannot see any ticket option for that.
Anamika
For that option , you would need to buy the Pujo 2 day option. That covers Saturday pujo & lunch
Would there be any in-house food stalls? Is there enough parking at the compound?
Anirban
No there is no separate in-house stalls. No outside food is allowed at the event. Yes there is enough parking space available.
Thank you for notifying everyone about the last minute schedule change. While there must have been valid reasons for doing that I am concerned that the new dinner schedule for Saturday might be quite inconvenient for little kids. Is there a possibility that people like me can have the option of getting a take out box or an early dinner plate only for children? We can bring our own boxes if that would help. Thank you!
Thanks for the suggestion. We will look into what is possible. Can’t guarantee it right now , but will definitely take into consideration and try to find a solution.
Sudeshna
We are looking into possible boxing for kids so that they can pick up the box earlier. We working on the solution and we will have a solution to solve the issue .
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