These colourful ‘Patachitra’ on plates will adorn the pandal premises this year. Master-da Smriti Sangha, which is celebrating its 68th anniversary of Durga Puja, has come to the limelight due ...

Several Durga Puja pandals in NCR emphasize women's empowerment and Bengali heritage, featuring themes of safety, traditional arts, and cultural celebrations.

RT Nagar Sarbajanin Durga Puja Samiti celebrates its 17th Durja Puja in Bengaluru, with rural Bengal as its theme. Melbandhaner Anginay, which means coming together, is the motto of this year’s ...

Durga in Patachitra. In Bengal’s Patachitra, Durga in her many avatars is a recurring icon. “Sometimes we paint her as the fierce Kali, sometimes as Ganesh Janani, ...

A digital copy of the sketch accessed by IANS shows that it is not a traditional image of Durga with 10 hands, killing Mahishasura, flanked by Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesh and Katrick.

Students of Lake School for Girls at the patachitra workshop on their campus Picture by Suvadeep Kundu Bhowmick The wedding of a red-and-yellow bird; colourful fishes; Durga in all her grandeur and ...

Burdwan, Oct. 10: The Durga of the one-time Burdwan royal family has been a refugee, without a temple or space of her own for 25 years, but she may get a home before the next Pujas if MLA Rabiranjan ...

While most Durga Puja pandals celebrate Bengali folk arts and heritage, some in NCR are embracing the theme of women’s safety to empower our everyday devis. From B-Block’s Kashi Vishwanath ...