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When Is Mahalaya 2025? (Durga Puja Prelude)

Subject: Static GK (General Knowledge)

Book: Festivals & Dates Queries

Mahalaya 2025 may fall on Tuesday, September 30, initiating Durga Puja’s countdown. Devotees perform tarpan for ancestors at sunrise and listen to Mahishasura Mardini recitals. This dawn of devotion readies everyone for Devi Durga’s grand arrival and subsequent Puja days.

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