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The Satyanārāyaṇa Pūjā or Satyanārāyaṇa Vrata Kathā is a pūjā (religious ritual worship) dedicated to the Hindu god Satyanārāyaṇa, identified as an avatāra of Viṣṇu in Kali Yuga. The pūjā is described in the Pratisargaparvan of the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa and in the printed Bengali edition of the Revā Khaṇḍa, a part of the Skanda Purāṇa. Additionally, Satyanārāyaṇa was a popular subject in medieval Bengali literature. Scholars state Satyanārāyaṇa is a syncretic form of Satya Pīr of Bengal, and has been …