“No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.” – Hanya Yanagihara
 
Global Hindu Heritage Foundation, Assam, distributes new clothes to poor Hindu families every year before Durga Puja. This year,100 sarees were distributed to hundreds of ladies at the village Dilkhush in the Assam-Manipur border region. Team leader Dipali Rani Das organized this program, and I attended on behalf of GHHF Assam. 
Sri Samrat Dutt, who coordinated the event with the Tejaswini group, went to the village located at the boundaries of Manipur and distributed them to the poor people, encouraging them to participate and celebrate Durga Puja during Navaratri.
GHHF Center distributed Sarees to poor families to celebrate Durga Puja, the most significant event celebrated by the Hindu community in Assam. According to legends, the festival is held to worship Goddess Durga and commemorate her triumph against Mahishasur. The festival is celebrated all over India and with much passion in Assam. Some perform it individually, and some collectively; it is a collective puja. People of all castes can participate in Durga Puja.
Durga Puja is a Hindu festival that celebrates the worship of the goddess Durga and commemorates the slaying of the demon king Maheshar by the goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. Due to its significant population of Hindu Bengalis, Assam celebrates Durga Puja in a flamboyant manner. Grand processions and rhythmic beats characterize the festival, and devotees visit temples to seek blessings from the Goddess for peace and prosperity.
Navaratri, a nine-day festival, honors the nine forms of Durga, the Hindu warrior goddess. Each state in India celebrates in its unique way. In 2024, Navaratri is celebrated from October 3-12. 
The Hindu festival of Navaratri, which means nine (nava) nights (ratri) in Sanskrit, is celebrated over nine consecutive nights during autumn. The celebrations vary from region to region according to local customs and traditions, but the festival's central theme is the victory of good over evil. Although Navaratri is devoted to the goddess Durga, some states in South India also dedicate it to other Hindu deities like Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge.
In the Eastern States such as West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Odisha, and Jharkhand, Navaratri is celebrated as Durga Puja, the main annual festival for Bengali Hindus commemorating Durga's victory over the shape-shifting buffalo demon Mahishasura. During the celebrations, elaborately designed pandals (marquees) and life-size statues of the goddess Durga are installed in every neighborhood. Dressed in traditional attire, devotees offer prayers in the evening and perform a dhunuchi naach, a special dance with earthen lamps.
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