Charak puja, etc. were featured. For Durga Puja, only two days were approved under the names Budh Navami and Navratri. Apart ...

Durga puja is the biggest festival celebrated with great spirit in every place of West Bengal. It is believed that the festival of Durga puja was started in the year 1510 by the founder of Cooch ...

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 ...

For the first time since they came to the United States, approximately 100 students, many from Bengal (east India), were able to participate in Durga Puja, an autumn holiday, with the same fervor and ...

the Durga Puja. Bettany: The festival celebrates the birth of the goddess Durga and her epic battle with the evil demon king. This famous story was first recorded in the 5th or 6th centuries AD in ...

The carbon-neutral Durga Puja, conceptualized under the leadership ... with an emphasis on reducing carbon emissions. Also read: Manipur: Huge cache of sophisticated weapons and explosives ...

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 ...

While some dhaakis scour Sealdah for work, others have forged a sense of family with Kolkata's Durga Puja committees, and travelled outside of Bengal Vedant Karia And Soumyajit Dey Published 08.10.24, ...

Devotees conduct a small puja or prayer ceremony dedicated to Goddess Durga on this day. The puja involves chanting hymns, reciting mantras, and offering flowers, incense, and lighted diyas to the ...