Millions in India's eastern city of Kolkata will draw on millennia-old traditions when they celebrate the Hindu festival of Durga Puja this week with street parties and worshipping idols in elaborate ...

Kolkata's magical Durga Puja pandals famous for their unique themes and grand sets are once again in the limelight as we move closer to the most auspicious days of Navratri. Kolkata, the heart of the ...

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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 ...

A huge religious carnival shows that India remains a country of diverse political and social beliefs, despite the right-wing national government’s dominance. The Durga Puja, the Bengal region’s ...

While the rest of India celebrates Diwali, West Bengal worships Kali. Yes, Durga Puja — the 10-day festival that precedes Kali Puja by a few weeks — has UNESCO’s intangible heritage status; it gets ...

Mamata will lay the foundation of the ‘Durga Angan’, a temple of Goddess Durga, in New Town in Kolkata, just eight months after she inaugurated a grandiose temple of Lord Jagannatha in Digha, a ...

The German football legend will set foot in Kolkata during the coming Durga Puja and inaugurate a local Pandal... Bayern Munich and German football legend Oliver Kahn is all set to visit Kolkata for ...