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 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 ...

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 ...

Yes, you read that right. Even as the sound of the dhak of Puja 2007 rings in our ears, the organisers of a baroari puja have drummed up a first-off-the-blocks beat for Puja 2008. On Saturday evening, ...

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.

Durga Puja does not assume the festive aura without the maddening beats of the dhak, the large drum that men hang around their necks and play with two thin sticks to infuse the frenzied rhythm ...

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 ...

At Rhythm Cultural Association’s Puja in 2018, married women took blessings ... The loud and familiar sound of the dhak drum plays in the background. The scene is vibrant and joyful as North ...

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 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 young boy used to wait eagerly throughout the year for the Durga Puja days. The sound of ‘Dhak’ used to drag him to the neighboring Barisha Sporting Puja pandal just like a magnet.