The arrival of Durga Puja, the most significant religious festival for Bengali traditionalists, has been heralded by Mahalaya. Now, people are eagerly anticipating the rhythmic beats of the Dhak, a ...

The Durga Puja revelry began with opening of pandal for devotees at Bangali Akhara in Patna on ‘Shashthi’. A large number of devotees thronged Langartoli on Saturday to have glimpses of ...

The signature beat of a dhak is impossible to miss or confuse with anything else. We find many references to this in our literature and it's easy to understand why. Durga Puja does not sound so ...

The Bengali community, numbering in the thousands, gathered at the pandal to welcome the deity on the beats of dhak. The day commenced with the solemn observance of the puja--- Bael Tala for ...

Banerjee tried her hand at playing dhak, a traditional instrument, at the inauguration of a community Puja in Kolkata on Wednesday. The leader had arrived with her fellow cabinet ministers Frihad ...

The maddening bits of the Dhak herald the arrival of Durga Puja, the beginning of a new Bengali year or other such auspicious occasions and invite positive energy to bless everyone. The Dhak is ...

The beats of the dhak mark the beginning of Maa's puja at 9:30 AM, the conclusion of the puja, the Bali ritual, and the ...

These are the dhakis, the traditional drummers from Bengal, who play the dhak during pujas. No festival, especially Durga Puja, is complete without the booming yet soothing sound of the dhak.

A priest from Kolkata's famous BJ Block Durga Puja pandal has charmed the internet after a video of him dancing joyfully to the rhythmic beats of the dhak while performing aarti went viral on ...

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday played the dhak - a traditional drum-like instrument - at the inauguration of a community Durga Puja in Kolkata. The chief minister inaugurated ...

The roll of dhak and chants of mantras will soon reverberate through the air as Durga Puja celebrations will commence from October 20. The scent of shiuli (night-blooming jasmine) is already ...

There was a tabletop Durga sculpted by a student, there was stotrapath, dhunuchi dance and even a beat box version of dhak. The pre-puja celebration by Subhas Bose Institute of Hotel Management (SBIHM ...