This South Kolkata ‘para pujo’, along with its immediate neighbour, Samajsebi Sangha, has always been a crowd puller. This year, in collaboration with British Council Kolkata, it will celebrate the ...

Kolkata's magical Durga Puja pandals famous for their unique themes and grand sets are once again in the limelight as we move closer to the most auspicious days of Navratri. Kolkata, the heart of the ...

Durga Puja in Kolkata is not just a religious celebration - it’s an experience that brings the city of joy alive with colours, sounds, and stories. In 2025, the celebration is expected to be bigger ...

Durga puja pandals will be no-entry zones for visitors, the Calcutta High Court said today – just three days ahead of Bengal's biggest festival. Only organisers will be allowed inside the pandals, the ...

More than three weeks have passed since Durga Puja concluded, yet almost a third of Deshapriya Park remains occupied by the pandal. According to the puja organisers, dismantling the entire structure ...

The final five days of Durga Puja, one of India's grandest festivals, begin today. The festival celebrates the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon king Mahishasura and while festivities can ...

Kolkata: Puja gates turn into mosquito breeding grounds, raising dengue-malaria fears. The grand decorative gates and pandals of Durga Puja are now being flagged as potential health hazards. Rainwater ...

Kolkata, Oct 04 (ANI): In first of its kind, pandal has been decorated with over 4000 letterboxes and a computer mouse. The South Kolkata Chetla Agrani Club's had made the pandal with a theme of ...

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, ...

Basant Panchami arrives quietly. No loud build-up. No rush. Just a sense that the season is turning. Winter easing out. Spring stepping in. The day is closely tied to Saraswati Puja, when Goddess ...