Durga puja News

India Travel: Ancient Temple of Kali Mata at Calcutta This ancient Kali Mata temple at Calcutta has lots of religious importance and the pilgrims visit this temple in the thousands from all over the country and the world.

Having lived a major part of my life outside Bengal, I have always believed that Bengalis who reside away from their homeland become very close-knit community-wise, especially during festival times such as Durga Puja.

It came, we saw, we concurred: Kolkata is now officially a fashionable city. But rarely have we seen fashion weeks this a groundeda .

Imagine Badamtala Asharsangha on Ashtami night. Not the pandal, but the pandemonium surrounding it, when a thousand wide-eyed Durga Puja revellers descend on it all at once.

One of the oldest and most widely-enacted folk performances of the epic is the "Kushtiya Ramayan Gaan", which originates from Zakaria's native district, Kushtia, home of the legendary "baul" poet Lalan Fakir.

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