Pohela Boishakh, otherwise popularly known as Pahela Baisakhi or Poila Baisakh, is the celebration of the Bengali New Year or Nabo Barsho in West Bengal as well as Bangladesh. It celebrates the advent ...

My Kolkata got in touch with the Probashi community in Erlangen, speaking with key individuals who have made the Puja a grand ...

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Berhampur: The Bengali diaspora in Berhampur city of Odisha’s Ganjam district has been celebrating Durga Puja in their traditional way for 91 years. The Bengalis introduced Durga Puja in Berhampur in ...

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For Bengali women, the essence of this day lies in their red and white sarees — an emblem of their unwavering love for tradition through the ages.

The puja, which originated in 1861, the birth year of renowned poet Rabindranath Tagore, was initially celebrated in a private residence during the British era among a small group of Bengali ...

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Beyond the domestic scene, they construct temporary heterotopic ‘pandals’ for housing Durga, Saraswati, and Kali Puja idols, as well as for celebrating the Bengali New Year (15 April) and Tagore’s ...