Maha Ashtami, the eighth day of the Durga Puja festival, holds the most powerful spiritual and devotional resonance.

Durga Puja is a celebration of the Divine Mother’s arrival on earth. Maha Shashthi is the day that officially begins the festival through the Bodhon ritual, where Maa Durga is ceremonially awakened.

Chaturthi, the fourth day of Durga Puja, is a day of preparation and discipline. While Shashthi marks the grand Bodhan of Maa Durga, Chaturthi builds the ground for it.