Discover the fabric of local legends that makes up the unique identity of Kolkata. Told with history and culture, these ...

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 ...

Protest for route resumption and upcoming festival highlight importance of preserving environment-friendly transport.

Inaugurating a Durga Puja at Hatibagan in north Kolkata, Banerjee wished the people of the state on the beginning of 'Devi Paksha' (the fortnight of Goddess Durga's worship). "Durga Puja comes ...

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 ...

A petitioner from the OBC community in Raghunathpur, Purulia, approached the Calcutta High Court, claiming he was barred from participating in Durga Puja 2024. Despite multiple complaints to the ...

Following a row between two groups of students in Jogeshchandra Law College premises over organising the Puja, the Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the Kolkata Police to ensure that the ...

An ordinary morning on the ghats of Ganga in Kolkata near Kumartuli unfolded ... Kumartuli is the hub of sculptors who build images for Durga Puja, though the rest of the year, it is a quiet ...

"Firhad Hakim, Mamata Banerjee's close aide and a modern-day Suhrawardy, has ordered the scrapping of a holiday in Kolkata Municipal Corporation schools for Vishwakarma Puja an occasion of great ...

I’ve come to Kolkata in Bengal ... She visits the Kamakhya Temple to learn about the Durga Puja. She discovers what the festival means to the people celebrating. She tells the story of the ...