Durga Puja Festival
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Durga Puja 2020: Here’s why there is a gap between Mahalaya and Shashthi
Books & Culture | Sep 10, 2020, 12:40 AM ISTThe festive season is on and everyone is looking forward to Durga Puja which is in October. However, this time there is almost a month’s gap between Mahalaya and Shashthi, which is known as the first day of Durga Puja.
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Amit Shah requested to inaugurate city Durga Puja, TMC blames BJP of politicising the festival
National | Sep 13, 2019, 05:42 PM ISTSenior BJP leader, Mukul Roy said on Thursday that the decision to invite Shah had been taken by the puja organisers themselves and the party had no role to play in it.
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Kolkata Durga Puja 2018: Durga puja pandal created with 4,000 kgs of turmeric
Books & Culture | Oct 16, 2018, 02:29 PM ISTDurga puja festival celebrated in the city of Kolkata is popular worldwide. Today, we will talk about the unusual pandal created for the goddess using 4,000 kgs of turmeric.
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Curtain falls on Durga Puja festival
India | Oct 03, 2014, 05:27 PM ISTKolkata: Durga Puja today ended with the immersion of idols on Dashami amidst chants of ‘aasche bochchor abar hobe' (it will happen again next year). At the onset of dawn, Goddess Durga left for her