Millions in India's eastern city of Kolkata will draw on millennia-old traditions when they celebrate the Hindu festival of Durga Puja this week with street parties and worshipping idols in elaborate ...

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Kolkata (West Bengal), Oct 05 (ANI): Durga Puja celebrations run parallel with Navratri, a Hindu festival where nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshipped. The festival celebrates Goddess Durga’s ...

Women smear vermillion and dance on the streets as large idols of Goddess Durga are taken on a street procession before immersing them into the Ganges river in India's Kolkata. Durga Puja is a 10-day ...

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Kolkata: Buoyed by the surge in global interest in Durga Puja and Bengal following Unesco's cultural heritage tag, at least 25 puja organisers from 20-odd countries, including Japan, Nigeria, Oman, ...