The Mother Goddess is known in her benevolent form as Parvati (the Daughter of the Mountains), Sati (the Virtuous), Gauri (the Fair One), Annapurna (the Bestower of Food), Uma (Light or Beauty), and Mahadevi (the Great Goddess). In her grim form, the Mother Goddess is known as Chandi (the Fierce), Kali (the Conqueror of Time), Bhairavi (the Terrible), and Durga (the Inaccessible).
The Durga Conference consists of :
- University of Burdwan (BARADHAMAN)
- Jadavpur University (KOLKATTA)
- Rabindra Bharati University (KOLKATTA)
- University of Calcutta (KOLKATTA)
- Indian Institute of Technology (KHARAGPUR)
- Vidyasagar University (MEDINIPUR)
- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Visvavidyalaya (NADIA)
- University of Kalyani (NADIA)
- Visva Bharati University (SANTINIKETAN)
Located in the East Zone, the conference includes 9 universities spread over West Bengal. The cities of Baradhaman, Kolkatta, Kharagpur, Medinipur, Nadia and Santiniketan are directly involved in the competition. There are no neutral sites.
There are no astro-turf fields in the Durga Conference. Doordarshan studios are located at Kolkatta.
Watch out for intra-state rivals University of Kolkatta vs. Jadavpur University. University of Kolkatta has the potential to achieve National Rankings.
The average distance travelled by the teams in this conference will be 118 kms. In the distance grid below, * indicates that the match will be played at a neutral site, and ~ indicates that the value is an approximate distance calculated from the state map.
| Name
of University |
Burdwan University |
Jadavpur University |
Rabindra Bharati |
Kolkatta University |
IIT Kharagpur |
Vidyasagar University |
Bidhan Chandra |
Kalyani University |
Visva Bharati |
| Burdwan University |
- | ~125 | ~125 | ~125 | ~175 | ~150 | ~120 | ~120 | ~60 |
| Jadavpur University |
~125 | - | 30 | 30 | ~140 | ~140 | ~115 | ~115 | ~185 |
| Rabindra Bharati |
~125 | 30 | - | 30 | ~140 | ~140 | ~115 | ~115 | ~185 |
| Kolkatta University |
~125 | 30 | 30 | - | ~140 | ~140 | ~115 | ~115 | ~185 |
| IIT Kharagpur |
~175 | ~140 | ~140 | ~140 | - | 25 | ~115* | ~115* | ~60* |
| Vidyasagar University |
~150 | ~140 | ~140 | ~140 | 25 | - | ~115* | ~115* | ~60* |
| Bidhan Chandra |
~120 | ~115 | ~115 | ~115 | ~140* | ~140* | - | 25 | ~145 |
| Kalyani University |
~120 | ~115 | ~115 | ~115 | ~140* | ~140* | 25 | - | ~145 |
| Visva Bharati |
~60 | ~185 | ~185 | ~185 | ~175* | ~150* | ~145 | ~145 | - |
| Average Distance |
125 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 134 | 128 | 108 | 108 | 128 |
