Inscription in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2021. Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in the fall in India and Bangladesh. It marks the ten-day ...

Kolkata: Preparations are already underway ... in other cities of the US to make this a truly pan-American Durga Puja." The Unesco heritage recognition of Durga Puja in 2021 as part of the ...

This puja is more than 250 years old. The original idol was made of eight metals. Housed in North Kolkata, near the ganges, Durga Puja is held in this ancestral house of the Datta Family since 1794.

In 2021, UNESCO recognised Kolkata's Durga Puja as an "intangible cultural heritage of humanity", cementing its status as not only a religious celebration but also a global cultural event.

Dussehra marks the culmination of Durga Pooja. Timings for Durga Pooja in Kolkata This festival is celebrated between the months of September and October. Kolkata has innumerable markets ...

Kolkata: After West Bengal Chief Minister ... Rs 85,000 to all the puja committee especially after Durga Puja in West Bengal got a UNESCO heritage tag, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has ...

Durga Puja earned UNESCO recognition in 2021 for its artistic brilliance and communal spirit, blending devotion and festivity. Recognized by UNESCO in 2003, Belgium's Binche Carnival is held annually ...

Glimpses from the last few moments of Durga Puja 2024, as Darpan Visarjan, Devi Boron and Sindur Khela mark Dashami My Kolkata Web Desk Published 12.10.24, 08:12 PM ...

Kolkata: Restaurants and bars in Kolkata have ... Launched just before Durga Puja last year, jointly by the National Restaurants Association of India and the Hotel and Restaurants Association ...

I’ve come to Kolkata in Bengal, where her festival the Durga Puja, has taken over the city. Like most Bengalis, Tanushree Ghosh is celebrating Durga’s festival. She's invited me to join her as ...

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Durga is the primary goddess revered during Durga Puja, but celebrations also include other major Hindu deities such as Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth and prosperity), Saraswati (the goddess of ...