Durga Puja is a a part of the Navaratri festival ... The festival is one of the biggest festivals in West Bengal, Nepal, Bihar, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh. In Nepal, it is known as Dashain.

THE Navarathiri festival holds a special significance in the Bengalee community’s history. Known as Durga Puja or Durgotsavaor Sharadotsav among Bengalis, it is one of the most popular annual ...

Durga Puja is around the corner, and devotees are gearing up to celebrate the annual 10-day festival with great fervour and ...

The newly formed interim government in Bangladesh has urged the ... law and order situation in the country ahead Durga Puja, ...

Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in the fall in India and Bangladesh. It marks the ten-day worship of the Hindu mother-goddess Durga. Characterized by Bengali drumming, large-scale ...

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 ...

Toronto has more than one cultural group of Bengalis (both of Indian and Bangladesh origin) and organizes Durga Puja and almost all Indian cultural events. Other metropolitan cities in Canada also ...

Bangladesh belongs to all of its citizens and is a safe place for all people regardless of religion or caste, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has said, as he greeted members of the Hindu community on ...

State minister Shashi Panja inaugurated the conclave on Saturday. While Durga Puja has got UNESCO's heritage tag, the festival needed to be included in mainstream art globally, the entrepreneurs ...

“The news of attack on minorities in recent past in Bangladesh is an exaggeration. We provided security to puja pandals within 8 k.m. of international border during Durga Puja, which were held ...