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.

Goddess Durga is revered as the ultimate source of creation, preservation, and destruction. A pure embodiment of power, or ...

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One of the most important points of worship in the city of Kolkata and its holiest Hindu shrine, the Kalighat Kali Temple is vital ... an incarnation of goddess Durga, herself a manifestation ...

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 Durga idol currently worshipped in the Dhakeshwari ... The idol has since been worshipped at the Dhakeshwari Mata Temple ...

From Saraswati Puja memories and nostalgia to some of the unique idols to look out for, get decked up and take some cues on how to celebrate the right way with My Kolkata. From the largest idol to the ...

The event, Kolkata’s largest after Durga Puja, will be held this year from January 28 to February 9 and, like previous years, appears set to be driven more by emotion than literature.