Durga Puja is actually a Hindu festival that dates to the 16th century, but only in the past 20 years has it grown to such an incredible size in Calcutta, attracting followers from all creeds and ...

Experience Kolkata’s Durga Puja 2025 like never before with Travel Amigo’s curated heritage tours, Bonedi Bari pujas, pandal hopping, cruise & rituals.

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This Durga is tiny, as she has to be, shipped all the way from India. In Calcutta, at the end of Durga Puja, we let the earthen image of the goddess dissolve into the Hoogly River.

Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsava, is widely celebrated in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Odisha, and Bihar. The 10-day event is one of the country's finest and bears ...

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 ...

As the most popular religious festival, Durga puja has become iconic of modern Bengali Hindu identity in West Bengal, India. Its transformation from a rural family ritual to an urban secular one over ...

In Calcutta, at the end of Durga Puja, we let the earthen image of the goddess dissolve into the Hoogly River. Huge processions snaked through the streets to the river.