Ma Durga Puja

Dimapur, October 10 ((MExN): Durga Puja, the festival of victory of good over evil was celebrated with great pomp in Dimapur. The four-day long Durga Puja ...  

With Puja organizers making a beeline at various ghats of the Ganges to immerse Durga idols, traffic throughout the city came to a standstill as thousands ...  

... Hindu community Sharodiya Durga Utsob was celebrated in Natore with great enthusiasm in festive mood on Thursday in 253 Puja Mandops of the district. ...  

Though Calcutta is famous for Durga Puja celebrations, but very few people know that Cuttack, Orissa is unique in Durga Puja celebration. When Calcutta is no 1 for its Pandals, Cuttack is undoubtly  no 1 and  famous for its unique Processions, Beautiful Idols and most importantly silver made...  

Kolkata, Oct 12 (IANS) An aged weaver was allegedly beaten to death by 12 members of a Durga Puja committee in a West Bengal village after he refused to ...  

Northview Middle School took on a new look this weekend for a Bengali religious event called the Durga Puja.  

New Delhi, Oct 11: The bodies of all the 13 people, who had drowned in the river Yamuna on October 9 during the immersion of Durga Puja idols, were recovered, police and fire officials said today.  

Patna, Oct 10 (IANS) The devastating floods in Bihar this year have come as a blessing for thousands of goats. They have escaped being killed during Durga Puja and Dussehra when Hindus sacrifice animals as part of a ritual to appease the goddess.Animal rights activists are also a relieved lot...  

“Most of the passengers had come to Calcutta for Durga puja and are returning to their cities. The rush will continue for the next couple of days,” said ...  

The club had organised a community Durga Puja in that village. The club members had raided the premises of Santosh Das, following complaints that Das’s son ...  

Varanasi/ West Bengal, Oct 11: With the immersion of the idols of deities on the last day of 'Durga Puja', environmentalists are worried that the river ...  

BSS, Dhaka The five-day Durga Puja festival ended yesterday with ceremonial immersion of the idols of goddess Durga marking the 'Bisarjan' (Bijoya Dashami). Durga is considered as a symbol of truth prevailing over the forces of evil and injustice. According to the Hindu religion, Bijoya Dashami...  

Last year Hindus observed Durga Puja with enthusiasm. It was possible due to the enabling presence of the present caretaker government, which went a long way in erasing the scars created after the 2001 October ...  

The surging, never-ending crowds at Durga Puja marquees across the city, especially the predominantly-Bengali Chittaranjan Park, was evidence that Delhiites were determined to enjoy the festivities to the brim and not be cowed down by last month's terror strikes.  

Thousands of Bangladeshis participated in the revelry that marked the end of the Durga Puja festival that was observed with religious fervour by the Hindus, who form the country's second-largest religious ...