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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The local Bengali community started the annual Durga Puja celebration on Tuesday, with a five-day festival featuring a range of religious and cultural events. This year ...

Nashik: Durga Puja pandals in Nashik city on Sunday will reverberate with the sounds of dhak and kashor (traditional Bengali musical instruments), ululation and blowing shankh (conch shells) — to mark ...

Mumbai: Durga Puja celebrates the arrival of Goddess Durga and is a period of spirituality and devotion; however, the festival is incomplete without the art, culture, and traditions that have evolved ...

In a historic first, the vibrant festival of Durga Puja made its grand debut at the iconic Times Square in New York. The celebration, attended by people from various communities and all walks of life, ...

With pandals at every nook and corner, the city is gearing up to celebrate Durga Puja in full swing. Durga Puja is one such occasion Thaneites, especially Bengalis look forward to. Several Bengali ...

To those watching from the sidelines, this dance of joyous abandon can seem like a transgression of societal codes of morality, especially when women participate in it. However, beyond our acceptance ...

HYDERABAD: As lights begin shimmering across Hyderabad, particularly the large installations around the Begumpet flyover, they signal the start of Dasara festivities. For the city’s Bengali community, ...

Nine nights of Navratri aren’t just about devotion—they’re about spinning, stomping, and sweating under neon lights. Think prayer by day, cardio rave by night, where fasting fuels the frenzy. Durga ...

‘Bengali Muslim culture rooted in Hindu tradition’: Taslima Nasreen while sharing Durga Puja pics; Javed Akhtar reacts(Instagram/taslima_nasreen1, X ...