Durga Puja festivities are in full swing. Devotees honour Goddess Durga's victory over demon Mahishasura, signifying the triumph of good over evil. This rich and creamy Bengali sweet is a must for ...

the Durga Puja. Bettany: The festival celebrates the birth of the goddess Durga and her epic battle with the evil demon king. This famous story was first recorded in the 5th or 6th centuries AD in ...

From pandal hopping to meeting old friends, filmmaker Anurag Basu is busy celebrating Durga Puja with full enthusiasm. At one of the pandals in Mumbai, he spoke with ANI recently and shared his ...

We ask 10 women – doctors, entrepreneurs, other professionals, homemakers and students – if they feel conflicted about celebrating Calcutta’s and Bengal’s biggest festival in the light of the rape & ...

Durga Puja is popular festival. During these five days of the festival, devotees decorate pandals, wear new clothes, and worship Goddess Durga. Image Credit: Getty Like other festivals, food plays a ...

All year round, Kolkata has the energy of a large cosmopolitan city, colonial architecture and colorful cultural festivals to ...

In Assam, the banking holidays for 2025 include a combination of national holidays and regional festivals. Along with the holidays prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India, Assam celebrates festivals ...

Kolkata: Several big-ticket Durga Puja clubs have started adding a dash of grandeur to the usually quiet Saraswati Puja celebrations. Their budgets have risen 10 times in the last 10 years ...

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One of the major festivals of the month of Magha is the festival of Basant Panchami, which we also know as Saraswati Puja. On this day, Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, was born.