In Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Durga Puja is also called Akalbodhan(অকাল বোধন) ("untimely awakening of Durga"), Sharadiya Pujo ("autumnal worship"), Sharodotsab ( ("festival of autumn")), Maha Pujo ("grand puja"), Maayer Pujo ("worship of the Mother"), Durga Pujo, or merely as Puja or Pujo.
Durga Puja is also called Navaratri Puja elsewhere in India, such as in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Maharashtra,[REF] Kullu Dussehra in Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh,[REF] Mysore Dussehra in Mysore, Karnataka,[REF] Bommai Golu in Tamil Nadu and Bommala koluvu in Andhra Pradesh [REF].