No directive has been issued to halt or restrict any Durga Puja celebrations,’ the cops say. ‘Our sole priority is to ensure ...

Kolkata Police has clarified that there are no restrictions on Durga Puja 2025. Crowd control plans are precautionary, not ...

The Kolkata Police clarified that no restrictions were imposed on Durga Puja 2025 celebrations following social media ...

The Kolkata Police on Wednesday issued a public advisory clarifying that no directive had been issued to halt or restrict Durga Puja celebrations in 2025. The clarification came amid widespread ...

Kolkata features some spectacular Durga Puja pandals, with Baghbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav being one of the oldest and most renowned celebrations in West Bengal Facebook/ Sree Bhumi Sporting Club ...

KOLKATA, India (RNS) — Elaborately designed bamboo pandals have serious themes, from the trafficking of women to child labor at tea shops to the plastic surgery obsession among young adults.

As Durga Puja festivities commenced, photos and videos of several stunning pandals across the country flooded social media, but none have charmed the internet like the raindrop-themed pandal in ...

A Durga idol at a pandal in Kolkata (Image credit: Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto via Getty Images) An artist makes some final touches to the eyes of a 14ft face of an idol ...

Kolkata: Construction of a ... Right in the middle of the Maidan, a mega pandal — inspired by the Jagannath temples at Puri and Digha — is being built. This replica is also inspired by the ...

During Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival in West Bengal and other parts of India and Bangladesh, worshippers erect elaborate makeshift structures called pandals. Inside each of these structures, ...

A Durga puja committee has chosen the hardships faced by migrant labourers during COVID-induced lockdown as the theme for its puja pandal in Kolkata. The committee also installed an idol of actor ...