'Tis the season of Navratri! Every year, people across India unite to celebrate the enchanting and joyous festival for nine straight days. Goddess Durga is worshipped in her nine holy forms. On the ...

Mumbai: Durga Puja celebrates the arrival of Goddess Durga and is a period of spirituality and devotion; however, the festival is incomplete without the art, culture, and traditions that have evolved ...

Nashik: Durga Puja pandals in Nashik city on Sunday will reverberate with the sounds of dhak and kashor (traditional Bengali musical instruments), ululation and blowing shankh (conch shells) — to mark ...

The day of immersion is when devotees say goodbye to Goddess Durga by participating in Sindoor Khela and sending up prayers for her return the following year. This day marks the formal invitation to ...

Kochi’s Bengali community has been a vibrant part of the city’s fabric for decades. Every year during Durga Puja a part of Kochi transforms into a 'little Kolkata' as the festivities come alive. TNIE ...

A many-armed idol of a Hindu goddess presided at the front of a high school gym in Sterling on Saturday. A crowd of people gathered around it, their hands pressed together as they repeated a Sanskrit ...