If you want to get out of the Golden Triangle circuit in India, head to this wildly underrated city that is brimming with ...

Themes could be excitingly innovative, predictably familiar or not-so-surprisingly repetitive. But themes have become an indispensable aspect of large- and mid-scale pujas that are organised by local ...

On this day the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped and the celebration is known as ‘Astra Puja’. This day is also popularly referred as ‘Virashtami’ owing to the display of arms and other forms of ...

Thousands turn up for the Ambubachi Mela at the Kamakhya Temple and wait for the temple doors to reopen after four days of shutdown says TAPATI BARUAH KASHYAPShakti is the most inspiring subject to de ...

Sharad Purnima celebrates ecstatic divine love and several stories in the Bhagavata illustrate this Shiva roused from meditation on hearing Krishna s flute rushes to Vrindavan where Vrinda Devi stalls ...

Here is a list of festivals, events and auspicious timings. Click on the links below to know more about each festival/event and get information about when, why and how these are celebrated.

Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Gautam Bambawale, describes the ongoing tensions with Pakistan as a "war-like situation," highlighting the government's unwavering resolve and the ...

West Bengal is located in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal. The state capital is Kolkata, the seventh-largest city in India. Some of the state-specific holidays in West Bengal include Netaji Subhas ...