Just a day before Dusshera, Ayudha Puja, also known as Shastra Puja is performed. It celebrates the worship of Iron tools, weapons, and instruments. It is observed on the ninth day of Navaratri ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the list of bank holidays for October 2024. Banks will remain closed for a total of 15 days, including the Dussehra and Durga Puja, in October. Banks will ...

Devotees in several flood-hit areas in Mymensingh, Sherpur, and Netrakona are celebrating Durga Puja amidst waterlogging due to the recent floods. The floodwater has started receding but the ...

Kolkata: One of the largest Durga Puja organisers in south Kolkata issued a public apology on Wednesday for an assault on a phuchka seller by a committee representative the previous night.

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, begins today with Maha Shashthi at temples and puja mandaps across the country with due religious fervour. This year ...

In Bengali Tradition, Durga Puja celebrates the arrival of Goddess Durga with her children to earth. She lives along with her husband in the Kailash Mountain and annually she arrives in Ashwin month ...

It is not just Kolkata that has lit up as it celebrates Durga Puja. Several parts of the world celebrate Durga Puja every year and bring together people not just from the Bengali community ...

(ANALYSIS) In preparation for the many Hindu fall festivals such as Diwali, Dussehra or Durga Puja, worshipers all over the world will purchase flowers for use in ritual worship in temples, outdoor ...

During the puja, the idol or image of the goddess is bathed with sacred substances like Kesar, Ganga Jal and Kewra, dressed in new clothes, and adorned with yellow flowers and jasmine. Devotees ...

Every year during Durga puja, Robin, Ismail, Sapna and Pooja return home for a family reunion. Robin is a documentary filmmaker, known for his searing slice-of-life stories. Ismail Sarkar, who won a ...

The two Durga idols of the central Howrah Bandopadhyay family showcase their detailed decorations. The idol in white (right) is the deity of a 300-year-old puja, while the other is that of 100-year ...

This could well have gone down in history as a Durga Puja ‘by the women, of the women, for the women’ — just that the idol-makers happen to be men and a large chunk of visitors to the pandal ...