From Satyajit Ray’s “Joi Baba Felunath” to Aparna Sen’s “Parama,” Durga Puja has been pivotal in driving narratives forward in iconic Bengali films. Here, we explore six films from the ...

On the day of Vijaya Dashami, devotees perform Durga Visarjan following the five-day ... due to the Durga Puja celebrations across the state. The ‘City of Joy’ (Kolkata) is the epicentre of Durga Puja ...

IMAGE: Hazaar Haath Kali. All photographs: Sandip Roy Durga Puja is indisputably Kolkata's biggest festival, a major driver of the state's economy. It's been described as the world's largest ...

In Part I of our photo essay from Kolkata, we showcased some of the outstanding design, art and craftworks at the Durga Puja pandals. In addition to home celebrations with idols and pujas ...

A couple of weeks ago, when Kolkata was waiting for Durga Puja festivities, there was widespread apprehension that the protests over the rape and murder of a doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College ...

Kolkata Durga Puja is very famous in Kolkata so Vijayadashami is the day when devotees perform Durga Visarjan and give farewell to the divine feminine energy. This is also celebrated across West ...

We have listed some of the best Durga Puja pandals across Indian one needs to visit during the festival. Kolkata in West Bengal is the prime location in India for Durga Puja celebrations.

A Kolkata model’s cleavage-baring crop top at a Durga Puja pandal in the city has sparked outrage on social media. A Kolkata model’s cleavage-baring crop top at a Durga Puja pandal in the city ...

The festival of Durga Puja is mainly celebrated in Weste Bengal, Kolkata, Odisha, Assam and Tripura and Durga Visarjan is also performed with great grandeur. Also Read: Dussehra 2024 Its not easy ...

Sabarna Roy Choudhury Durga Puja, Behala The foundation ... chanting the durga stotram. Their visarjan is truly distinctive, being one of the very few in Kolkata that occurs at home.

Kolkata celebrates with great grandeur ... The festival concludes with visarjan by immersing the idol in any form of water body. Durga puja starts with Shashti (6th day) with ghatasthapna. The ritual ...

Kolkata is celebrating its biggest annual festival - Durga Puja, when the ten-armed Goddess Durga is said to visit her earthly home, her entire family in tow. At Durga Puja pandals - or temporary ...