Durga Puja is a a part of the Navaratri festival held in many places of India. It is most religiously celebrated in North India, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Out of the the nine days of ...

On this day the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped and the celebration is known as ‘Astra Puja’. This day is also popularly referred as ‘Virashtami’ owing to the display of arms and other forms of ...

Kolkata, the ‘city of Joy’, shares its Pujo excitement before the arrival of Durga puja, and you will experience the grand festival of Durga puja in Kolkata like no other—a celebration that ...

Hindu devotees have brought out a procession to press home their eight-point demand, including the extension of Durga Puja holidays and trial of those involved in communal violence. The torch ...

Inscription in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2021. Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in the fall in India and Bangladesh. It marks the ten-day ...

Kolkata: With Mahalaya being merely 12 days away, hundreds of Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata are praying that corporates, which are still in two minds about investing in this year’s festival ...

The famous "Jubilee Park Durga Puja" is an attraction known for its stunning decorations and cultural performances. It's one of the most celebrated pujas in Eastern India. Pune, Maharashtra ...

The Bangladesh National Hindu Alliance has voiced four key demands, including a three-day public holiday, in anticipation of the upcoming Durga Puja. These demands were presented at a press ...

Bengali diaspora, both from India and Bangladesh, has certain things in common: Durga Puja, love for Bangla language and Rabindrasangeet. The Bengali community in Windsor celebrates almost every ...

The interim government of Bangladesh has asked the Hindu community to pause Durga Puja celebrations, especially music, during the time of azaan and namaz. Retired Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury ...

Kolkata and Durga puja are inseparable, for it contains the cultural pride of the state for many years. Each year in the approaching months of Durga Puja, the streets of Kolkata witness swarms of ...