Durga puja News

A few years ago, I had met Jenny Balfour-Paul, an authority and writer on indigo, at a seminar on textiles, and subsequently, she had sent me the photocopy of an illuminated letter written in 1850, perhaps on its first month, by a British adventurer to his mother.

In Bankim Chandra Chatterji's novel, 'Anandamath', the secret revolutionary organization with the same name worshipped Bharat-Mata in three forms.

Democracy in Myanmar Where Does India Stand? By Jayita Mukhopadhyay While India has been celebrating Durga Puja - the triumph of good and justice over the forces of evil - a frail woman with an indomitable spirit has been fighting for the deliverance of her countrymen from exploitation and oppression perpetrated by the military of neighbouring ...

A group of ruling party men has set a very nasty example of unholy task under the garb of holy reason.

Headless Durga sculptures standing in the morning sun welcomed visitors to the private hut of artist Ganesh Chitrakar.

The black stone worshipped as Kali in Bagnan village and Kali pukur , the pond where the stone was found according to legend.

After the Durga Puja, it is the Kali Puja time in the city. It is also the time for several communities to rework their bonds, Prabalika M. Borah discovers the trend Photo: Mohd Yousuf Fun-filled devotion Members of the Uttarayan club gear up for the cultural events What keeps most non-Hyderabadis close to their tradition during the festivals? It ...

By Arnab Nandy, Kolkata, Oct 12 : Popular Bangla band 'Lakkhichhara' is confident of many more opportunities to come their way after they were denied a visa to perform in the US during the recently-held Durga Puja.

Sheikh Arif Bulbon Promising Tagore artiste Anima Roy recently returned to Dhaka after a two-week visit from India.

Representatives of Behala Nutan Dal collect the True to Tradition prize, organisers of Mitali are all smiles after receiving True Spirit Model Puja award from the police commissioner and children show off Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatti's Puja That Cares award 'Durga puja is over.

Siliguri, Oct. 7: Fire officials of north Bengal have said they will ensure strict implementation of Calcutta High Court directives for a safe and smooth Kali Puja.

The pandal erected by the Naba Yubak Sangha off Keshub Chandra Sen Street that has not bothered to leave any space on either side; the Amherst Street puja has barely left 2.5ft space at the rear end of the pandal.

Birmingham area Hindus celebrate Durga Puja festival in Birmingham for the first time on Saturday.

With devotion: The Durga Puja celebrations at the Cordite Factory in Aruvankadu.

Demon king Ravana may have already gone up in flames when Dussehra was celebrated across the country, but in this small town in Uttar Pradesh he's got all of six extra days to live - thanks to tradition and a once broke puja committee.

At least 22 Durga Puja revellers, including women and children, were injured when a makeshift pandal collapsed due to strong winds here, police said Wednesday.

By Sreya Basu, Kolkata, Sept 28 : The cutians finally dropped over the five days of excitement, fun, pandal-hopping with the most-awaited festival of Bengalis-Durga Puja, ending Monday.

DHAKA: The five-day Durga Puja, the greatest festival of Hindu community, ended Monday with immersion of idols of goddess Durga in the rivers all over the country while the Hindu community leaders praised the government for its all-out cooperation, reports UNB.

It's this time of the year where family and friends gather to re-live the festivity season.

"The Municipal Police authorities of Rome have today [Thursday] withdrawn permission, granted three weeks ago, to celebrate Durga Puja in Rome.