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.

The festivals of Kolkata is an epitome to the multi-culturalism reflected in city roots. They mix all religions and art ...

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 ...

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 house in Kolkata's Tangra neighbourhood, a glove-making factory, properties, cars and round-the-clock watchmen were all ...

All year round, Kolkata has the energy of a large cosmopolitan city, colonial architecture and colorful cultural festivals to ...

Kallol’s celebratory kick-off took place earlier in February (top); the cover of Kallol’s commemorative book (below) Photos: ...

West Bengal is set for its biggest festival after Durga Puja — the International ... that the idea of organising the Kolkata Book Fair for the first time in 1976 came from Germany’s iconic ...

Kolkata: Inspired by the innovations at Durga Puja pandals, Saraswati Puja organisers have also started treading the "theme" path. Salil Chowdhury's birth centenary and College Street boi para are ...

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 ...

The event, Kolkata’s largest after Durga Puja, will be held this year from ... a trip they don’t want to skip at any cost. In a first, Germany to be theme country at Kolkata book fair 2025 ...

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 ...