Millions in India's eastern city of Kolkata will draw on millennia-old traditions when they celebrate the Hindu festival of Durga Puja this week with street parties and worshipping idols in elaborate ...

Mamata Banerjee criticized for attending Durga Puja carnival amid floods, opposition questions her priorities.

The inception of the Baroiyari Puja in Bengal is believed to have originated with a group of twelve friends (baro yaar) in Guptipara. This marked a pivotal moment, sparking a social shift that reshape ...

Every autumn, the Mother’s return to her baaper bari, where for five days the mortal and the divine merge as the woman is ...

New Delhi: As Delhi braces for a bittersweet goodbye to Goddess Durga, puja com-mittees are pulling out all stops to ensure she is sent off with aplomb. Before the drummers return to Nadia, the dhaks ...

Smoke and thunder echo through the night, blending devotion and spectacle. Durga Puja closes with a different crescendo. The festival celebrates the feminine divine by venerating Goddess Durga, who is ...

Durga Puja marks the homecoming of Maa Durga for Bengalis. Fish holds deep cultural and spiritual significance during this festival. It symbolizes prosperity, fertility, and life's continuity.

In 1610, when Islam Khan, the Mughal subahdar of Bengal, first arrived in Dhaka, legend has it that he witnessed Durga Puja on the banks of the Buriganga. The sound of the dhaks (drums) filled the air ...

The five-day Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, ends on Thursday with the immersion of the idol of Goddess Durga across Bangladesh, including the capital. Devotees ...

Back in 2021, Durga Puja in Kolkata was inscribed on UNESCO`s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The festival is observed in the Hindu month of Ashvin (September ...

"The 16th Committee of UNESCO for safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in its meeting held on 15th December 2021 in Paris has inscribed Durga Puja in Kolkata on the representative ...