Family Puja offers 108 coconuts to Goddess Durga on Ashtami
Durga puja at Kolkata's over 170-year-old Badan Chandra Roy Bar is performed as per Vaishnavism and hence no animal is scarified here. Only fruits are sacrificed as per the family’s Durga Puja traditions. On Sandhi Puja between Maha Ashtami and Maha Navami, 108 coconuts, about 187 kg sugar and almost 375 kg rice is offered as ‘Bhog’ to the Goddess.