Jagaddhatri Puja is particularly famous at Chandannagar and Rishra in Hooghly, Krishnanagar in Nadia and Ichhapur Nawabgunj in North 24 Parganas in West Bengal where it is celebrated as a five-day-long festival.

In Bengal, her puja is celebrated as the comeback of Devi, specifically in Krishnanagar, Chandannagar, Rishra and Guptipara.

So, in order to test them, Parvati appeared before the gods Agni, Vayu, Varuna, and Chandra, who considered themselves invincible and were engulfed by ahamkara (ego).

[11] The elephant, symbolizing ahamkara, lies under the paws of her vahana the lion, who symbolises courage, valour and the strength to overcome any challenges, including one's internal struggles with the Shada Ripus ("the six enemies").

She is sitting atop a lion, wearing different jewelry, in her four hands Devi holds bow, arrow, chakra and Samkha.

[14] In her stotram (Jagadhatri Strotram), she has been invoked as Adhara bhutah, Dhritirupah, Dhurandharah, Dhruvapadah, Shaktistah, Shaktirupah, Shaktacharpriyah, Shaktivigrahe.

Its mention is not found in her dhyana mantra but in her idol an elephant is seen below her mount lion, who is none other than Kurandrasura.

The popular narrative states that the worship was begun by Maharaja Krishnachandra of Krishnanagar, Nadia.

Idol worship of the goddess was initiated in the village of Bramhasason, which is located in Haripur in Santipur, Nadia.

As per local history, Maharaja Krishnachandra was arrested by Nawab Siraj-ud-Dullah once for not paying taxes on time.

Having missed the entire festivity of Durga Puja in his kingdom, Maharaja became extremely sad.

Seeing her devotee sad, the ultimate mother, Goddess Jagaddhatri gave Maharaja a vision and the king commenced the ritual of Jagatdhatri Puja in his native place.

The first textual mention of Jagadhatri puja comes from Kalviveka of Smarta Shulapani, dated approximately from 1375 to 1460.

[19] Later Smartas "Brihaspati Raymukut" and "Srinatha Acharya Churamani" have mentioned the goddess in their work.

The time in which she is worshipped, Shukla Paksha of the pious month of Kartika, especially the Tithi of Navami, is very auspicious.

Still older is the Jagadhatri puja of Baligram village (Jiaganj, Murshidabad), dated back to five hundred years ago.

Bandyopadhyay family of Mirhat of Kalna are observing Jagadhatri puja for more than four hundred years.

[28] Jagatdhatri Puja is very popular in Krishnanagar, Chandannagar, Tehatta, Rishra, Howrah, Bhadreswar, (Sutragarh-Santipur), Boinchi and Ashoknagar-Kalyangarh.

[29][30][31] The beauty of the festival in Chandannagar is mainly due to the collaborative conception between the French and Bengalis.

[32][33] Remarkable feature remaining its procession, second largest in the world after Rio de Janeiro's, with its magnificent lightings.

The Pandal is decorated as a famous monument in 2011 it was a miniature of US Capitol Building, United States.

Goddess Jagatdhatri figures in the historical fiction Anandamath written by Bengali novelist Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

The trio of goddesses are shown as the object of worship of a group of ascetics who form the protagonists of the story.