It is the busiest time of the year at the Bengali Durga Puja organising committees in the city. As the days to the festival near, there is a rush among the members to finalise the nitty-gritty of ...

The video captures her point of view of witnessing this historic moment and how she felt attending Durga Puja at Times Square as a person with Bengali roots. The image shows the Indian-origin ...

A many-armed idol of a Hindu goddess presided at the front of a high school gym in Sterling on Saturday. A crowd of people gathered around it, their hands pressed together as they repeated a ...

It's Sasthi today, and across the world, Bengalis make it a point to celebrate their favourite festival Durga Puja, in however ... by a group of like-minded Bengali families who together wanted ...

The Durga Puja ritual of Pushpanjali on Maha Ashtami can now be conducted in Bengali with a scholar, linguist and a priest coming together to translate the verses from Sanskrit. Sanskrit scholar ...

Trichy: The Bengali Association Trichy will celebrate Durga Puja for five days from October 20 at Bhel’s Kailasapuram township on the outskirts of the city. The association said the festival ...

The Durga Puja ritual of pushpanjali on Maha Ashtami can now be conducted in Bengali with a scholar, linguist and a priest coming together to translate the verses from Sanskrit. Sanskrit scholar ...

Satyajit Ray’s Joi Baba Felunath to Aparna Sen’s Parama, Durga Puja has played an important part in moving the plot forward in many landmark Bengali films. We pick six films from the past few years ...

From Satyajit Ray’s “Joi Baba Felunath” to Aparna Sen’s “Parama,” Durga Puja has been pivotal in driving narratives forward in iconic Bengali films. Here, we explore six films from the ...

Maha Panchami or Moha Ponchomi is a key day in the Bengali Hindu tradition, marking the beginning of the grand Durga Puja festival. It falls on the fifth day (Panchami) of the bright fortnight in ...

Bengali Khichuri, also known as 'bhoger khichuri,' is a dish cooked with moong dal rice and various spices. This khichuri is regarded as the most vital component of the bhog. It's produced from ...

Bengali Hindus on Thursday observed Basanti Durga Puja at the Adyapeath Kali temple in Kolkata. During the festival, young girls who are yet to attain puberty dress up as living goddesses and wait ...