Durga Puja in Bengal emphasises family, hospitality, and celebration. In most parts of India, Navratri means fasting, vegetarian food, and avoiding ingredients such as onion and garlic. In Bengal, ...

Several Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata including a few patronised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders until last year will forgo the ₹1 lakh festival-related state grant following an appeal made by ...

Offering and consuming non-vegetarian food during Durga Puja has long been a tradition in West Bengal. Before it became a community event, or Sarbojanin, many Bonedi Bari (aristocratic households) ...

In a recent update, West Bengal has introduced some new rules for Durga Puja 2026. As per the latest announcements made by the West Bengal government at a coordination meeting with Durga Puja ...

An image of Durga with 11 hands in a Bengal government advertisement triggered a political controversy on Monday, with the Opposition accusing the BJP of distorting a deeply established religious and ...

A print advertisement for a BJP programme on the occasion of Durga Puja has sparked a massive row in West Bengal, providing much ammunition to the opposition Trinamool Congress. In face of Trinamool ...

Kolkata: A massive controversy hit the BJP government in West Bengal on Monday when its advertisement, featuring Goddess Durga with 11 hands instead of 10, was published in major dailies in the city.

West Bengal Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari set out this year’s rules for Durga Puja at a meeting with Durga Puja organisers on Monday evening. Bengal’s biggest festival will be held between October ...

A controversy has erupted in Bengal with calls from various quarters for non-vegetarian food to be kept away from Durga Puja pandals. Hindutva organisations and religious preachers are now appealing ...

On August 26, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad told organisers of one of India’s biggest festivals how Durga Puja should be conducted: what the goddess should look like, who could be involved in the event ...

KOLKATA: Days after Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) issued a diktat against serving non-vegetarian food in and around Durga Puja mandaps in West Bengal this year, a major controversy broke out over the ...

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has issued a set of guidelines ahead of this year's Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal, calling on puja committees to follow traditional practices and keep ...