Durga Puja is a a part of the Navaratri festival held in many places of India. It is most religiously celebrated in North India, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Out of the the nine days of ...

Durga puja, West Bengal's biggest carnival ... 800 odd community pujas in Kolkata and its suburbs, told PTI. "The ad collection period is August and September and these two months witnessed ...

On this day the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped and the celebration is known as ‘Astra Puja’. This day is also popularly referred as ‘Virashtami’ owing to the display of arms and other forms of ...

Hinduism is one of the world's most ancient religions and the goddess Durga sits right at its heart. This is Kamakhya Temple, high in the hills of Assam, one of the most sacred goddess temples in ...

This year actor-couple Kunal Verma and Puja Banerjee share how their Durga Puja festivities are a dream come true. A year ago, Puja and Kunal decided to bring the artistic Durga Puja pandal of ...

Kolkata: Durga Puja was the most democratic celebration of art and spirituality that he ever witnessed, said US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, who plans to stay on in India till June ...

Bengali diaspora, both from India and Bangladesh, has certain things in common: Durga Puja, love for Bangla language and Rabindrasangeet. The Bengali community in Windsor celebrates almost every ...

Masik Durgashtami is a monthly observance dedicated to Goddess Durga. It is celebrated on the Ashtami Tithi of the Shukla Paksha, the waxing phase of the moon. The observance includes fasting and ...