Kolkata Durga Puja Pandals 2025: Sharadiya Navratri has begun. A grand Durga Puja celebration is held during Navratri. Durga pandals are decorated everywhere, and celebrations are held. When it comes ...

"Will we now have to buy tickets to see Ma Durga?" This angry question came from a woman in her 40s, standing with her young daughter of perhaps 10 or 12 outside a towering puja pandal at Kendua in ...

There is office to attend to, there is school to go to, and amidst all this, there is Durga Puja. A Bengali community in Berlin is juggling work, their children’s schools, and a Puja celebration in ...

There is often confusion about Durga Puja Visarjan being held on a Thursday. However, there is no restriction in the Hindu religious rules. The festival, known as Vijayadashami, is determined by the ...

Kolkata: As the city prepares for Kali Puja, artisans at Kumartuli are working against the clock to craft and deliver idols on time. Several of them are reusing the wood-and-straw frames of Durga ...

Kolkata: Durga Puja economy is estimated to have touched Rs 65,000 crore in Bengal this year — Kolkata contributing 65%-70% — despite record rainfall in the run-up to the festival and sales hitting a ...

A puja that began on a dry note is expected to end under heavy rain, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Ashtami witnessed a brief spell of rain in the afternoon, but the Met ...

The arrival of Sharadiya Navratri marks the beginning of Durga Puja festivities. Across India, especially in West Bengal, Assam, and Odisha, the festival is celebrated with grandeur—beautiful clay ...

As I unloaded my suitcase from the waterbus, I could hardly believe my luck. At 23, I was about to spend the summer of 2022 in Venice. The timing couldn’t have been better: the Art Biennale was back ...

Kolkata, Elaborate security and traffic arrangements have been made for the 10th edition of the Durga Puja carnival, which will be held on Red Road here on Sunday, a senior official said. Elaborate ...