Kalibabur Bazaar in central Howrah is a well-known old market. Equally old or even older is the Durga puja conducted by the ...

After the Durga ‘pratima’ (idols) are placed in the pandal, the first face reveal happens on Maha Shashti during a sacred ritual called ‘Bodhon.’ Nabapatrika Puja takes place, where nine ...

Hindus in violence-hit Bangladesh are reportedly facing restrictions on Durga Puja celebrations. Reports said that Bangladesh's interim government and various Muslim bodies have denied permission to ...

West Bengal CM inaugurates a Durga Puja pandal modeled after Tirupati's Vishnu temple, marking the start of Bengal's biggest ...

Durga puja starts from the days of Shashti ... Here all the married women play with Vermilion with each other after giving sindur to Maa Durga's forehead. Then Durga idols are immersed in rivers ...

During Durga Puja, devotees honour the nine avatars of Goddess Durga, each representing unique strengths and virtues, ...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, however, has justified her decision, especially after UNESCO added Durga Puja in Kolkata to ...

Junior doctors in West Bengal went on a protest against the rape and murder of a doctor at the Kolkata hospital. The spends ...

A Kolkata Durga Puja committee has withdrawn a 40-foot spine installation from their pandal due to public scrutiny and ...

Junior doctors in West Bengal have resumed an indefinite `total cease work` strike, escalating protests over unmet demands ...

Since the turn of the century, Durga Puja pandals across Kolkata and beyond have often been used as artistic canvasses to ...