During this festival, cities in South India are alive with a myriad of rituals and customs. Here's a list of places you need ...

Kolkata: Several big-ticket Durga Puja clubs have started adding a dash of grandeur to the usually quiet Saraswati Puja ...

As Mahalaya dawned on Wednesday, the India Meteorological ... districts of North Bengal and South Bengal till next Sunday (October 9), the beginning of Durga Puja 2024. There is no warning of ...

Saraswati Puja was celebrated across West Bengal amid a festive fervour on Sunday. This time, the festival is being celebrated over two days as the Panchami ‘tithi’ or the auspicious time will ...

A Master’s student from Kolkata on the Bengali life in NYC, from Amartya Sen and Durga Puja to kathi rolls, and more ...

Each year, all over India, Hindus celebrate Durga's victory. I’ve come to Kolkata in Bengal, where her festival the Durga Puja, has taken over the city. Like most Bengalis, Tanushree Ghosh is ...

While some dhaakis scour Sealdah for work, others have forged a sense of family with Kolkata's Durga Puja committees, and travelled outside of Bengal Vedant Karia And Soumyajit Dey Published 08.10.24, ...

For the first time since they came to the United States, approximately 100 students, many from Bengal (east India), were able to participate in Durga Puja, an autumn holiday, with the same fervor and ...