Durga Puja is a a part of the Navaratri festival held in many places of India. It is most religiously celebrated in North India, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Out of the the nine days of ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the sacred text, the demon king takes the form of ... I’ve come to Kolkata in Bengal, where her festival the Durga Puja, has taken over the city. Like most Bengalis, Tanushree ...

Devotees conduct a small puja or prayer ceremony dedicated ... The Chandi Path is one of the key texts recited during Masik Durga Ashtami. This sacred text is dedicated to the praise of Goddess ...

Bengali diaspora, both from India and Bangladesh, has certain things in common: Durga Puja, love for Bangla language and Rabindrasangeet. The Bengali community in Windsor celebrates almost every ...