Bonedi families start prepping for muted Durga Puja celebrations
With less than four months to go for Durga Puja, it’s that that time of…
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Bengalis across the globe plan webinars on Covid impact on Pujas
The London-based Bengal Heritage Foundation (BHF), which promotes Bengal’s culture and heritage among the diaspora,…
Despite constraints, Puja organisers book their idols at Kumortuli on Rath Yatra day
Ratha Yatra is an auspicious day for all Durga Puja organisers, as most of them…
Rath Yatra 2020: Historic festival begins in Puri sans devotees
For the first time ever, the Rath Yatra was held today in Puri without any…
New-normal Ratha Yatra: Rituals behind closed doors, no mela, jatra or khuti puja in West Bengal
On Tuesday, the usual Ratha Yatra-related festivities will be missing in the city. The festival…
Idols ready to set sail amid Covid gloom in Kumartuli
Fumigated and packed, four Durga idols will start their journey from Kumartuli to Australia, US,…
A muted Jamai Sashthi fair in Dakshineswar this year
‘Jamai Sashthir Mela’, a decades-old annual tradition, on a road leading to the Dakshineshwar temple…
Id in quarantine and shelter
Id celebration, or lack of it, cut a bleak picture in swathes of cyclone-hit districts…
Break from gloom: Puja organizers order idols, make advance payment
The gloom that descended on the city due to the lockdown to combat the spread…
From Darkness to Light – Rabindra Setu to light up for special occasion
The recently launched dynamic lighting and light-and-sound show at Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) will be…