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Why Bengal worships Maa Kali on Amavasya
In Bengal, devotees worship Maa Kali on Amavasya, the new moon night associated with the festival of lights. A tradition says sixteenth-century sage Krishnananda Agamavagisha dreamt that the Goddess instructed him to worship her in this form.
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