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 ...

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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 ...

At One Town, where the city’s oldest Durga Puja celebration is held every year in SP Naidu Memorial Hall, the mood is upbeat. Back in the make-shift workshop of the Bengali artisans at One Town ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...