City to get 200 clean-fuel AC CNG buses of Durga Puja
Kolkata for the first time is all set to get around 200 clean-fuel AC CNG buses ahead of the Durga Puja in September.
Kolkata for the first time is all set to get around 200 clean-fuel AC CNG buses ahead of the Durga Puja in September.
The traditional two-century-old Durga Puja, initiated by the pallibashi (local people) to invoke the powers and blessings of Goddess Durga during Dol Utsav, continues to be carried out by the local residents in Serampore.
Alarmed by the indiscriminate use of high-intensity sound crackers and playing of DJ sound boxes during the Durga Puja immersion, Baji O DJ Box Birodhi Manch put up a strong protest against the use of DJ boxes during the Durga Puja immersions.
In a significant development in the mysterious death of an 18-year-old school girl found charred inside a Durga Puja pandal on the day of Lakshmi Puja at Ramkrishnapara, the state government has appointed Subedi Sanyal as the special public prosecutor for the case.
A decomposed body of a youth, who'd mysteriously disappeared in the evening of Sashthi of Durga Puja on 6 October from near a Puja pandal was unearthed this afternoon in Bishnupur.
Murali Mohapatra, a well-known Odia singer, passed away during his performance at a Durga Puja event in Odisha's Koraput district. Mohapatra was nicknamed the "Akshaya Mohanty of Jeypore" because he used to imitate the late renowned Odia singer, songwriter, and composer Akshaya Mohanty's singing style.
Another important ritual of Mahashtami is the 'Kumari Puja'. An young girl, of pre-puberty age, is worshipped as the living incarnation of Devi Durga.
The five-day long celebration is full of fun and frolic, food, buzzing streets, dazzling lights, eye-catching themes, grand puja pandals, laughter and giggles and happiness with no bounds.
Durgapuja means prem and singer Anupam Roy has a new offering this year. His pujor song ‘Ga Chhunye Bolchi’ is the new love anthem for this Durga Puja.
The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha at Kasba in the southern outskirts of Kolkata, on Monday modified the Mahatma Gandhi-like idol of Mahishasura in the face criticism.
