This puja is more than 250 years old. The original idol was made of eight metals. Housed in North Kolkata, near the ganges, Durga Puja is held in this ancestral house of the Datta Family since 1794.

In 2021, Durga Puja in Kolkata was added to UNESCO’s Intangible ... Schools and offices shut down and people pandal hop – a ...

Paris Olympics 2024 medallist Manu Bhaker is set to visit Kolkata during Durga Puja. The celebrated shooter ... occasion for ...

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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 ...

Speaking at a gathering in Kolkata, Sarma said that as Aurangzeb had ‘vowed to end Hinduism’ but failed to do so, both Banerjee and Gandhi will also fail.

An ordinary morning on the ghats of Ganga in Kolkata near Kumartuli unfolded horrors for a group of locals who had gathered for their daily yoga session.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday lashed out at Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari over his controversial remark on Muslim MLAs, accusing the BJP of importing “fake Hinduism” ...

Dakshineswar Temple, dedicated to Goddess Kali, sits on the banks of the Hooghly River and offers stunning views, while ...

Following a row between two groups of students in Jogeshchandra Law College premises over organising the Puja, the Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the Kolkata Police to ensure that the ...

I’ve come to Kolkata in Bengal ... She visits the Kamakhya Temple to learn about the Durga Puja. She discovers what the festival means to the people celebrating. She tells the story of the ...