Soumita Saha's new song, 'Uma Eseche,' blends tradition and contemporary rhythm to celebrate Durga Puja. The song, written, composed, and sung by Saha, captures the essence of Goddess Durga's ...

Hooligaanism, after their global hit Melar Gaan, has released Pujor Gaan, a track embodying the spirit of Durga Puja. The song blends folk rhythms with contemporary sounds, celebrating resistance, ...

Prasenjit Nath and Avijit Sarkar are part of the Suffolk Bengali Society which organised Ipswich's first Durga Puja festival A town's Bengali community has held a major festival for the first time. A ...

The day of immersion is when devotees say goodbye to Goddess Durga by participating in Sindoor Khela and sending up prayers for her return the following year. This day marks the formal invitation to ...

Durga Puja, in Bengal and beyond, is about rituals, lights, and celebrations, moreover food traditions. Among these, fish hold a place of honor. Considered auspicious, it is believed to symbolise ...

Durga Puja begins with full fervour from this weekend, but days before that the aroma of delicious Bengali dishes has already filled the air. Fragrance of freshly prepared aloo chop, Mutton Kosha ...

As the Durga Puja festival begins on Monday, the Chaltabagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja in Kolkata’s Machuabazar pays tribute to the mother tongue Bengali: “Ami Banglai Bolchi” – I am speaking in Bengali.

A slice of Calcutta’s Raj Bhavan has come up in Kandivali East, in the western suburbs of Mumbai. The pandal of the Thakur Village Bengali Association Durga Puja is modelled on the Governor’s House in ...

Durga Puja isn’t just about pandal hopping and feasting in Kolkata — it is also about family time, childhood memories and nostalgia that refuses to die. It is this emotion that many filmmakers have ...

A town's Bengali community has held a major festival for the first time. A two-day programme for Durga Puja was organised in Ipswich by the Suffolk Bengali Society on 27 and 28 September. Sue ...