For Virginia’s Bengali community, prayers and a party The annual Durga Puja festival is a chance for immigrants to retain their connection to home — and pass on culture to a new generation ...

Maha Panchami or Moha Ponchomi is a key day in the Bengali Hindu tradition, marking the beginning of the grand Durga Puja festival. It falls on the fifth day (Panchami) of the bright fortnight in ...

Durga Puja is set to begin on October 1 all over the country. Bollywood has made several Hindi films based on Bengali culture and people. The creators of the film paid close attention to how the ...

You get to experience rich Bengali culture and Durga Puja rituals. The happiness of Bengalis is reflected from their faces as Durga Puja is an emotion for them.

With Durga Puja starting today, the Bengali community in Goa is set to celebrate with great pomp. As in most Indian festivities, the clothes play an integral part, and women are meticulously ...

It's Sasthi today, and across the world, Bengalis make it a point to celebrate their favourite festival Durga Puja, in however smallest and simplest form possible. And Sankalpo too is not left ...

Unable to visit Kolkata during Durga Puja? No worries, as the Puja Pandals in Mumbai are all set to make you feel at home. Get ready to witness Durga Puja in Mumbai at some of the most visited and ...

The Bengali community in Kochi got into Durga Puja festivities with the traditional piety and vigour after having missed out for the two years of the .

Six Bengali films with Durga Puja festivities at their core From Satyajit Ray’s “Joi Baba Felunath” to Aparna Sen’s “Parama,” Durga Puja has been pivotal in driving narratives forward ...

The Durga Puja ritual of pushpanjali on Maha Ashtami can now be conducted in Bengali with a scholar, linguist and a priest coming together to translate the verses from Sanskrit. Sanskrit scholar ...

Durga Puja: What to eat first in a pujo thali, and the four sections of Bengali cuisine Like the French, the Bengalis eat their meal course by course, where each course has its own significance ...