HYDERABAD: Unknown persons partially vandalized the idol of godess at a Durga pandal in Nampally on Friday early hours. Local Begum Bazar police said that the puja material which was kept near by ...

PATNA: An altercation over Durga puja music between two 'tolas' in a village in Bihar's Sitamarhi on Saturday escalated into ...

Krishna Chakraborty's family has been conducting Durga puja in their home for the past five years in Bacchus Marsh, west of Melbourne, Australia. She said that the Durga Puja idol has been brought ...

People perform Durga Aarti, and offer prasad to please Goddess Durga. For nine days, the Goddess idol is adorned with flower garlands and this will be removed together after the nine days. From the ...

Interestingly, the Durga idol was brought some ten years back and is used every year by SPONDON. Dr Subir Bandopadhyay, a professor of Computer Science in the University here, acts as a priest ...

the observer of the Durga Ashtami Vrat must sleep on the floor and keep away from the comforts and luxuries. In some regions of western India there is also a custom of sowing barley seeds. After the ...