Durga Puja is more than just a festival in Kolkata. Every year, the city decks up to welcome Goddess Durga with grandeur, lights, colours, and unmatched cultural spirit. The five days of festivities, ...

CM Mamata would famously hop pandals to inaugurate them one after the other, starting a day or two before Mahalaya ...

The final five days of Durga Puja, one of India's grandest festivals, begin today. The festival celebrates the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon king Mahishasura and while festivities can ...

When autumn arrives, Bengaluru’s Bengali community lights up the city with colourful pandals, rhythmic dhak beats, and the fragrance of incense filling neighbourhoods. Though far from Bengal, the ...

When Mumbai slips into the festival mood, the Bengali heart of the city pulses with dhak beats, glowing lights, and the unmistakable rhythm of Dhunuchi Naach. Durga Puja in this metropolis is a ...

More than three weeks have passed since Durga Puja concluded, yet almost a third of Deshapriya Park remains occupied by the pandal. According to the puja organisers, dismantling the entire structure ...

This South Kolkata ‘para pujo’, along with its immediate neighbour, Samajsebi Sangha, has always been a crowd puller. This year, in collaboration with British Council Kolkata, it will celebrate the ...

Durga Puja in Kolkata has always stood leagues apart from the festivities held in other states—few can compete with the one-of-a-kind themes that range from the past to the present to the future. The ...

Trump as 'Asura' at Durga Puja pandal in West Bengal. Amid the tense relations between India and the United States, an artist has imagined President Donald Trump as ‘Asura’ at a Durga Puja pandal in ...

Every year, as Durga Puja approaches, thousands of men and women from Bengal leave their homes and arrive in Lucknow, transforming the City of Nawabs into a hub of art, music, and seasonal livelihoods ...

Councillor Also Demands Park Rename ...

The Lalabagan Nabankur Durga Puja Pandal in north Kolkata has been constructed with over 3 lakh plastic bottles to bring spotlight on the rising environmental crisis of plastic usage and how the ...