People across the Indian subcontinent and beyond are marking the annual Durga Puja, a festival which celebrates the central deity in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism. Taking place in the Hindu ...

Durga Puja is a a part of the Navaratri festival held in many places of India. It is most religiously celebrated in North ...

In India, Durga Puja is one of the major festivals marking the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated with great fanfare, reverence, and cultural pomp during the auspicious time of Dussehra.

Mahalaya kicks off the Durga Puja 2025: The countdown to Durga Puja officially begins with Mahalaya on September 21 (Sunday). This symbolic day is believed to call Goddess Durga to descend to earth.

Kajol, all pristine in white, visited the North Bombay Sarvajanik Puja (in it’s 65th year, one of the oldest pandals in Mumbai.) Kajol looked like she was reliving her childhood and seemed all sweet ...

Durga Puja has grown synonymous with pandal hopping, spending time with friends & family and making merry. Durga Puja celebrations--observed in Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Tripura and Jharkhand--coincide ...

As the festive season sweeps across India with Navratri, Durga Puja and Dussehra preparations in full swing, another celebration waits just around the corner. Karwa Chauth, one of the most cherished ...

In 2017, a group of Bengalis in California’s Tri-Valley declared ‘Maanchi na, maanbo na’ — a refusal to drive over an hour to celebrate what is apparently their birthright: Durga Puja. That chorus cry ...