Santosh Mitra Square or Lebutala Park Durga Puja Committee has in the past made contemporary topics its theme. In 1999, the puja committee projected the Gaisal train accident. In 2002, Eastern ...

It was initiated by King Suratha, long before Lord Ram’s autumn worship of Goddess Durga became popular.” As per Bhikari Das, secretary of the Mahanagar Puja Committee, the celebrations will ...

CUTTACK: Festive fervour gripped Cuttack city as celebrations for Basanti Durga Puja ... priest performing the puja at the Sutahat mandap. Secretary of Mahanagar puja committee Bhikari Das said ...

CUTTACK: Discontentment brewed among the Basanti Durga Puja organisers in the city ... Advisor of Chandni Chowk puja committee, Manoranjan Das said there was no adequate water in the temporary ...

A 33-year-old postal employee and Durga Puja committee member allegedly attempted to rob an SBI branch in Santoshpur, Kolkata, using a gas lighter resembling a gun and a knife. He was apprehended ...

“We actually wanted to perform Basanti puja but that is performed over three days and we wouldn’t have managed. So we began Annapurna puja instead,” said Mousumi Dutta, a member of the puja committee ...

Chaitra Navratri 2025: Devotees beating drums and worshiping in front of idol of Goddess Durga, a day before Mahashtami at Patna’s Bangali Akhara.(PTI) Chaitra Navratri 2025: Chaitra Navratri ...

The ritual often includes chanting of mantras, lighting of 108 lamps, and recitation of Durga Saptashati. Some devotees also perform Kumari Puja, where young girls are worshipped as embodiments of ...

On this day the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped and the celebration is known as ‘Astra Puja’. This day is also popularly referred as ‘Virashtami’ owing to the display of arms and other forms of ...

kanya pujan and sandhi puja among others. Like Navratri is celebrated twice every year, the same goes for Durga Puja as well. Durga Puja is once celebrated in Chaitra and once in Sharad.