With Rath Yatra approaching, the countdown to Bengal's biggest festival, Durga Puja, begins. Check out the photo gallery for ...

It celebrates the advent of the spring season on the first day of the Baishakh month on the Bengali solar Calendar. Thus, Pohela Boishakh generally falls on the 14th or 15th of April on the Gregorian ...

Kolkata: Trinamool and BJP clashed on Friday over Bengal foundation day.Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar alleged that ...

Pohela Boishakh, also known as Bengali New Year, marks the beginning of the traditional Bengali calendar. In 2025, Pohela Boishakh will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 15, welcoming the Bengali ...

Pohela Boishakh, or Poila Baisakh, marks the Bengali New Year. Celebrations occur in West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, and Bangladesh. The festival signifies new beginnings and hope. The Bengali ...

Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 9 ... Tagore was born on the 25th day of the month of Boishakh in the year 1422 according to the Bengali calendar, so in West Bengal, ...

Pohela Boishakh, also known as Naba Barsha (নববর্ষ), is the first day of the Bengali calendar. The word Pohela means first, and Boishakh is the name of the first month of the Bengali year.

Bengalis are a festive bunch; despite Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, being known as the city of joy, the joyous predisposition is central to Bengali cultures and subcultures throughout the ...

The discrepancy arises as West Bengal follows the Bengali calendar, according to which Tagore was born in 1268 Bengali Era (25 Boishakh), which overlaps with either May 8 or May 9 in the Gregorian ...