I belong to a caste where Durga is worshipped in a different way. My parental home had lekhani(instrument with which one can write on a palm leaf). In my ancestral village we have a box with a Lekhani, a small box and some palm leafs. My grandfather knew how to use it. On Dusshera this box is placed on a wooden table (piddha in Odia) and puja is done for this.
In my in-laws place they have swords. Though we are of same caste, this is a slight variations some people have swords and some have Lekhani. They place swords on the wooden table and worship it on Dusshera.
Maa Durga is mother goddess who is worshipped in form of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Durga or Kali. I am not sure if other caste also follow this ritual in my place.
All across India Durga Puja is celebrated in various ways. Here, in Telangana they decorate these Golu dolls. It contains so many dolls in it varing from different gods and goddesses to human and animal figurines. In this Golu image that I share you can see idols of Lord Venkateswara, maa Lakshmi to various forms of Durga, Ram, Lakhsman .. Sita in Ashok Vatika talking to Hanumanji, Ram, Sita and Lakshman going for Vanwas, lord Chaitanya singing and dancing, Krishna Radha and various other idols. It's not confined to just worshipping Mother Goddess but all the major forms of Hinduism.. i.e Vishnu, Shiva and Shakti.
They do recite Lalita Sahasranama that is believed to be the Mantra that Parvati worshipped to appease Shiva, followed by aarti. It's quite unique to watch this beautiful tradition that people here follow.
I wish everyone could share what all tradition they follow in Durga Puja, it would be so interesting to know how we have so many unique ways of worshipping Maa all across India. That's why India is a land of Unity in diversity. We all do same puja but in beautiful and unique ways.
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