The Calcutta High Court has directed the Bolla Kali Temple puja committee to prevent mass animal sacrifices during the upcoming festival. The court emphasised that any animal sacrifice during the ...

The Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal government to ensure that the puja committee at the Bolla Kali temple does not encourage the mass sacrifice of animals on the occasion of Bolla ...

Kolkata: The public mass sacrifice of animals, a tradition at the 400-year-old Bolla Kali Mata Temple in South Dinajpur, came to an end on Thursday after the puja committee informed Calcutta High ...

Kolkata: The public mass sacrifice of animals, a tradition at the 400-year-old Bolla Kali Mata Temple in South Dinajpur, came to an end on Thursday after the puja committee informed Calcutta High ...

Kolkata, Oct 30 (UNI) The Calcutta High Court refused to hear a plea, which sought a ban on the animal sacrifice during the Kali Puja, Court sources said on Wednesday. A Vacation Bench comprising ...

Kali Puja also has its pandal s or temporary temples in street corners, elaborate lighting displays, and crowds out till late. But the goddess always takes centerstage, not the art.

A similar plea was filed before the high court last year as well against alleged sacrifice of 10,000 goats in the Kali Temple on occasion of Bolla Kali Puja. However, another bench of Chief Justice TS ...

The petitioner earlier told the court that Bolla Kali Temple in South Dinajpur had a festival of ritually slaughtering more than 10,000 animals — including goats and buffalo — on a Friday after Rash ...

The origin of Kali Puja in Bengal can be found in the 16th century when it is thought that Raja Krishnachandra of Navadvipa was the first to formally celebrate Kali Puja during Deepawali.

KALI PUJA 2024: DATE Kali Puja will be observed on Kartik Amavasya, which falls on the night of Diwali, October 31, 2024.