Devotees conduct a small puja or prayer ceremony dedicated to Goddess Durga on this day. The puja involves chanting hymns, reciting mantras, and offering flowers, incense, and lighted diyas to the ...

Kolkata: The year 2025 may ... organised by students on campuses, the puja turned into a mid-scale, commercially-driven spectacle, with big Durga Puja committees, hawkers, and even political ...

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 ...

Devi Durga Inspired Baby Names: The name of a child carries immense significance, often reflecting cultural, spiritual, or personal values. In Hindu tradition, names inspired by divine beings like ...

The iconic Kolkata book fair, perhaps the most popular event in the city besides Durga Puja, will see two big firsts this year: the introduction of a mascot and an entirely open-air event ...

West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Sunday faced protests by a group of students of a Kolkata college ... occasions like Saraswati Puja and Durga Puja are both social and relligious ...

The controversy over organising Saraswati Puja at Jogesh Chandra Law College in Kolkata took a different turn on Sunday (February 2, 2025) as West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu faced ...

West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Sunday faced protests by a group of students of a Kolkata college ... occasions like Saraswati Puja and Durga Puja are both social and relligious ...

The Indian calendar is filled with many festivals big and small. Diwali, Durga Puja, Holi. All are celebrated with gusto. This is Sandip Roy in Kolkata But only one was celebrated at our home without ...

Following a row between two groups of students in Jogeshchandra Law College premises over organising the Puja, the Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the Kolkata Police to ensure that the ...

Basanta ese gechhe, and Saraswati Puja is here too. This festival brings back a rush of memories to a ’90s kid like me. It goes right back to hazy recollections — now preserved in photographs — of ...

West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu faced protests from students at a Kolkata college who alleged that outsiders led ...