The arrival of Durga Puja, the most significant religious festival for Bengali traditionalists, has been heralded by Mahalaya. Now, people are eagerly anticipating the rhythmic beats of the Dhak, a ...

The loud and familiar sound of the dhak drum plays in the background ... one of the largest traditions in their culture, Durga Puja. A Bengali’s version of Christmas, Durga Puja is a four ...

Bengalis will agree that a few key things symbolise Durga Puja including the scents of shiuli flower (night jasmine in English) and dhunuchi (incense). The soul stirring sound of dhak (drum).

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These are the dhakis, the traditional drummers from Bengal, who play the dhak during pujas. No festival, especially Durga Puja, is complete without the booming yet soothing sound of the dhak.

The signature beat of a dhak is impossible to miss or confuse with anything else. We find many references to this in our literature and it's easy to understand why. Durga Puja does not sound so ...

The Durga Puja revelry began with opening of pandal for devotees at Bangali Akhara in Patna on ‘Shashthi’. A large number of devotees thronged Langartoli on Saturday to have glimpses of ...

Durga Puja, the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus ... by singing hymns to Durga with the sounds of age-old musical instruments such as Shankha, Khol, Dhak. Devotees in their tearful eyes were seen to ...

Durga Puja 2017: A road in Kolkata is now home to ... superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee amidst the foot-tapping beats of Dhak and mystical sounds of the shank on this auspicious day of Mahalaya ...

A priest from Kolkata's famous BJ Block Durga Puja pandal has charmed the internet after a video of him dancing joyfully to the rhythmic beats of the dhak while performing aarti went viral on ...