DETAILS, FICTION AND DURGA

 55–fifty nine. ^ Kinsley 1988, p. 111, Quotation: "Durga Puja is celebrated from the main through the ninth days of the bright 50 % of the lunar month of Asvin, which coincides With all the autumn harvest in North India, As well as in selected respects it is clear that Durga Puja is actually a harvest Competition in which Durga is propitiated