The Indian city of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) has a long tradition of lavishly celebrating the Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival that reveres the goddess Durga. It is the biggest and ...

Kolkata: Several big-ticket Durga Puja clubs have started adding a dash of grandeur to the usually quiet Saraswati Puja celebrations. Their budgets have risen 10 times in the last 10 years, ...

KOLKATA: Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durgotsav will gift 13 ‘ekchala’ Durga idols to clubs and organisations of small-scale Pujas, who are in severe financial distress due to the Covid situation. On ...

Durga Puja is also considered one of the world's largest open art festivals and the puja pandals come with creative themes and important societal themes. While the Jagat Mukherjee Park has created ...

Kolkata Police has clarified that there are no restrictions on Durga Puja 2025. Crowd control plans are precautionary, not prohibitory. Citizens are urged to trust official updates and avoid fake ...

IMAGE: Women celebrate with sindoor during Durga Puja. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters I'm back in Kolkata after 10 years and the memories are flooding back as the city celebrates our ...

In a first, the Durga Puja festival of Kolkata is entering the world of Metaverse- a computer-simulated 3D environment- which will enable people to virtually tour four big-ticket community pujas.

Durga Puja in Kolkata is not only a cultural extravanganza which brings people on the streets, but also a critical economic activity, accounting for 2.58% of the State’s GDP.

Kolkata is all set to provide a virtual Pandal tour experience to its people without stepping outside. Read on. - Durga Puja 2020 Kolkata News: 50 Big Pandals That Have Gone Online to Avoid Huge Lines ...

The Indian city of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) has a long tradition of lavishly celebrating the Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival that reveres the goddess Durga. It is the biggest and ...