Durga Puja 2024: In this photograph taken on September 27, 2024, an artisan works on a clay idol of Hindu goddess Durga, ahead of the Durga Puja festival at Kumartoli in Kolkata. Every year in India's ...

Mahalaya is one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar, marking the arrival of Devi Durga on Earth. For Bengalis, it signals the beginning of Durga Puja festivities, while across India, it ...

The epic Mahabharata says that Karna was fed gold and jewels when he died and his soul went to heaven. At that moment he didn't understand, so he asked Yama why he was suffering. Yama told Karna that ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (September 21) greeted the nation on the occasion of Mahalaya, marking the beginning of the Durga Puja festivities. Sharing his message on X, he wrote: “Wishing ...

Mahalaya 2025 marks the arrival of Devi Paksha and the official beginning of Durga Puja celebrations. It is observed on Amavasya, the new moon day in the month of Ashwin, which holds deep spiritual ...

A massive crowd of devotees gathered the banks of the Hooghly river at Dakshineshwar at 4 am to perform ‘tarpan’. Bengalis across the country woke up at 4 am on Sunday to tune in to radio for for the ...