This puja is more than 250 years old. The original idol was made of eight metals. Housed in North Kolkata, near the ganges, Durga Puja is held in this ancestral house of the Datta Family since 1794.

Inscription in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2021. Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in the fall in India and Bangladesh. It marks the ten-day ...

Capturing the hearts of Bengalis since 1943, this puja has always been at the top of the South Kolkata Durga Puja checklist. Every year, this puja committee tries to replicate the religious ...

Kolkata: With 166 days to go for Durga Puja, several prominent Durga Puja committees in Kolkata initiated their festivities on ‘Poila Baishakh' by displaying their puja banners and revealing ...

Dussehra marks the culmination of Durga Pooja. Timings for Durga Pooja in Kolkata This festival is celebrated between the months of September and October. Kolkata has innumerable markets ...

The Kolkata book fair attracts literature lovers from all around. The Durga Puja in Kolkata is one of the most phenomenal events of the country. The whole city of joy lights up with creative durga ...

I’ve come to Kolkata in Bengal, where her festival the Durga Puja, has taken over the city. Like most Bengalis, Tanushree Ghosh is celebrating Durga’s festival. She's invited me to join her as ...