With Durga Puja around the corner, idol makers are busy crafting idols. This year, smaller Durga idols seem to be in demand. Many people, including expatriate Bengalis, residents of various housing ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Leaning on his 10-armed creation, Govind Nath is ready to breathe life into the Hindu goddess Durga, a beloved deity who will be revered by tens of thousands of worshippers during the ...

Kolkata: As the city prepares for Kali Puja, artisans at Kumartuli are working against the clock to craft and deliver idols on time. Several of them are reusing the wood-and-straw frames of Durga ...

STORY: The idol-makers in the Chirang district used pearls, beads, and peacock feathers as materials to make idols of Hindu Goddess Durga and her children, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Saraswati, and Kartik.

With Durga Puja just around the corner — falling on September 28 this year — the city is abuzz with festive energy. Artisan hubs are coming alive as sculptors give finishing touches to vibrant Durga ...

Devotees immerse one Durga idol in the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 2, 2025. Durga Puja, one of the largest Hindu festivals, ended in Bangladesh with the immersion of the idols on ...

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Durga puja celebrations across India are incomplete without the rhythmic beats of the dhaak, locals say, and every year dhaakis from remote villages of West Bengal travel to Gurugram to keep the ...

As many as two persons were killed after a vehicle carrying an idol of Goddess Durga came into contact with a high-tension power line in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur. The incident took place on Sunday ...