Donate on Durga Puja 2025 | Charity (Anna dan) on Ashtami & Navami in Durga Puja

Durga Puja 2025 – Celebrate with Devotion and Compassion

Durga Puja is not just about rituals — it’s a time to welcome Maa Durga with prayer, gratitude, and kindness. This year, the festival runs from 28th September to 2nd October 2025, five days filled with worship and joy.

Along with puja and celebrations, scriptures remind us that charity (daan) during these days multiplies blessings. At Akshaya Chaitanya, we invite you to honor the Goddess through seva — by feeding children and patients’ families who struggle for a daily meal. Together, we can make devotion truly meaningful.

Durga Puja 2025 – Day Wise Rituals & Charity Ideas

Day 1 – Sunday, 28 September 2025 (Shashthi)

Significance: The beginning of Durga Puja; welcoming the Goddess with Kalash Sthapana and rituals.

Rituals: Ghatasthapana, Bodhan, Adhivas and Amantran (inviting Maa Durga).

Charity Idea: Begin the festival by donating grains or sponsoring simple meals for poor families.

Day 2 – Monday, 29 September 2025 (Saptami)

Significance: Invocation of the Goddess; symbolic awakening of her divine energy.

Rituals: Mahasnan, Pran Pratishtha of the idol, offering flowers and prayers.

Charity Idea: Sponsor nutritious meals for schoolchildren, ensuring they receive energy while you observe rituals and fasting.

Day 3 – Tuesday, 30 September 2025 (Ashtami)

Significance: Maha Ashtami, the most auspicious day, celebrated with Kumari Puja.

Rituals: Sandhi Puja, worship of young girls as the embodiment of the Goddess.

Charity Idea: Sponsor a large-scale annadaan — meals for children, patients, and poor communities.

Day 4 – Wednesday, 1 October 2025 (Navami)

Significance: Maha Navami, celebrating Maa Durga’s victory over Mahishasura.

Rituals: Havan, reciting mantras, concluding prayers.

Charity Idea: Donate school kits or sponsor full-day meals for orphanages and government schools.

Day 5 – Thursday, 2 October 2025 (Vijaya Dashami / Dashami)

Significance: Immersion of Durga idol (Visarjan) and celebration of victory of good over evil.

Rituals: Sindoor Khela, procession, farewell to Maa Durga with prayers for her return.

Charity Idea: Continue seva beyond Puja — support community kitchens or donate in memory of loved ones.

How You Can Donate with Akshaya Chaitanya

Visit Our Durga Puja Campaign Page
Choose Your Seva: school meals, hospital meals, orphanage meals
Dedicate Your Donation: in memory of loved ones, or as Puja seva
Make a Secure Online Donation: UPI, cards, or net banking
Receive 80G Tax Benefit: your donation is spiritual and financially rewarding
See the Impact: we share updates, photos, and reports of the meals you supported

Why Donate This Durga Puja?

To make your prayers more powerful with seva
To bring hope and food to children, patients, and families in need
To dedicate your devotion in memory of loved ones
To earn Akshay Punya (everlasting blessings)

Our Impact

13 M +

Meals Served

15 K +

Beneficiaries Served

102 +

Municipal Schools

29 +

Govt Hospitals

Our feeding Initiatives

Bal Shiksha Ahara

Municipal School Meals Programme

48,04,484 meals across 102 municipal Birthday schools improved classroom attendance by up to 24% in 2024-2025.

Swasthya Ahara

Government Hospital Feeding Programme

Served 3,94,957 families of patients across 32 Govt. Hospitals and Cancer Center to help save over 47 Cr. towards treatment.

Paushtik Ahara

Meals on Wheels Programme

Serving to support informal education for 450 underprivileged children in 5 slums.

Beneficiary Diaries

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, at Akshaya Chaitanya, we serve 18,000+ meals every day across 104 municipal schools, 29+ government hospitals, cancer care centers, and 4 schools on wheels. Whether you donate on Navratri or Dussehra, you are welcome to visit any of our distribution sites to see how your donation is making a difference. Experience the joy of giving and witness how your contribution helps feed and uplift the needy.

Yes, you can make your Navratri and Dussehra celebrations even more meaningful by donating on behalf of a loved one. Honor someone special by helping the needy, and spread the blessings of the festival.

At Akshaya Chaitanya, we work closely with nutritionists and food safety experts to provide not just meals, but wholesome, nutritious food to the underprivileged. Especially during Navratri, when health and well-being are prioritized, we ensure that the meals we serve promote good health for all.

1. Spiritual Power: This year’s Navratri carries special auspiciousness, and charity is highly rewarded. 2. Charity amplifies fasting & puja: When you fast, observe rituals, then reinforce with daan, the spiritual synergy is believed to increase blessings. 3. Helping communities in need: Many daily wage earners, patients' families, orphanages rely heavily on community support during festivals. 4. 80G Tax Benefit: As with all our donations, those given during Navratri qualify for tax exemption, encouraging more generous giving.

Sharad Navratri 2025 runs from 22 September to 1 October. It is one of the two major Navratris in the Hindu calendar, dedicated to Goddess Durga's nine forms. It is especially powerful for prayers, fasting, rituals, and charity.

Ghatasthapana (Kalash Sthapana) is the ritual of establishing the sacred pot to invoke Goddess Durga’s presence. In 2025, it should be done on Day 1 (22nd September) in the morning during auspicious muhurats.

Ashtami and Navami are generally considered the most sacred days for daana, especially when it involves feeding the needy, offering to girls (Kanya Puja), or helping orphans/patients.

Yes, you can make dana online via Akshaya Chaitanya. There are specific online Navratri donation campaigns for food donations, orphanages, patient welfare, etc.

Prefer sattvic / prasadam food: fruits, sweets (prasad), cooked vegetarian meals, dry ration items. Avoid foods with onion, garlic or non-vegetarian items during fast days if you plan to observe traditional fasts.

Both are possible. You can donate once or set up recurring support. Many people also donate in memory of loved ones (death anniversary) or on birthdays/marriage anniversaries.

Funds are used to prepare and distribute meals to children in government schools, feed families of hospital patients, orphanages, and underprivileged communities. You also get updates and impact reports from Akshaya Chaitanya.

Yes. Akshaya Chaitanya is a registered NGO, all payment gateways are secure, and donations are transparent. Receipts and tax certificates are issued.

You can organize group donations, encourage others to contribute, or use the occasion of birthdays, anniversaries, or festivals to raise funds. Collaborate via our website campaigns, share via social media, or sponsor community food drives.

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