Inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Durga Puja in Kolkata is a marvellous meld of the divine and the contemporary, bringing together traditional craftspeople ...

Kolkata: As more tourists fly into Kolkata to see Durga Puja following Unesco’s inscription as an intangible cultural heritage, Singapore Airlines plans to deploy bigger planes to increase its ...

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 public art installation, part of UNESCO's list of the world ...

One of the oldest and most revered pandals in Kolkata, Bagbazar Durga Puja, has been celebrated for over a century. The pandal is famous among locals and pandal hoppers because of its dedication ...

BJP leader Sajal Ghosh, one of the organisers of the Santosh Mitra Square Sarbojonin Durgatsav, said on Wednesday that the ...

A reason why Durga Puja in Kolkata was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2021. A joyful riot of conception, ...

In 2021, UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ...

Sombre mood after a Kolkata rape and murder dampens Durga Puja celebrations. Last year’s festival economy was pegged at $10bn. This year, things are starkly different as celebrations are scaled ...

Durga Puja is a festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga – daughter, mother, ... Kolkata, the “city of joy” and capital of West Bengal in India, ... In 2021, it was inscribed in the UNESCO ...

Armed with UNESCO's 'intangible heritage tag', 26 Durga pujas in Kolkata to showcase artworks ahead of festival The show was inaugurated on September 30 at a popular community puja pandal Tala ...

Kolkata, Oct 15 (PTI) Over 90 award-winning Durga Puja committees displayed idols of the goddess on decorated tableaux, which moved in a procession on Red Road here in the presence of West Bengal ...