British deputy high commissioner Andrew Fleming and former advocate general of Mizoram Biswajit Deb were also present at the inauguration. Deb said the Durga Puja theme of 14 Pally Udayan Sangha ...

Within a week, Delhi will hear the rhythmic sound of dhak (drum), witness the Dhunuchi dance, and pandal-hop during Durga ...

According to a research report by the British Council of India, “The economic worth of the creative industries around Durga Puja in West Bengal is at ₹32,377 crore, which is the size of the ...

Nabakrishna Deb invited British officers, including Robert Clive, to his Durga Puja celebration, creating a hybrid of Indian tradition and colonial influence. In the late 19th century, Swami ...

Quoting a British Council of India report, The Hindu says the economic worth of the creative industries around Durga Puja in West Bengal is around Rs 32,400 crore. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ...

But with just a month to go for Durga Puja, West Bengal's biggest festival ... A research commissioned by the British Council at the behest of the West Bengal tourism department pegged the ...

Irish and Indian artists teamed up to create the Behala Nutan Dal Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, blending artistic traditions.

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Visit or pass by Marble Palace, a Neo-classical structure with a traditional Bengali courtyard, and Jorashanko Thakur Bari, the 18th-century birthplace of Rabindranath Tagore. Pass by College Street, ...

The city has other landmarks - the steel Howrah bridge, the white-domed Victoria Memorial monument, the colonial buildings in ...