Durga Puja News
Unpacking ’bhog-er khichuri’ on Durga Puja
Bhog and Durga Puja are entwined. At a time when one can’t hop over to a pandal to dig into festive specialties, food delivery menus are bringing home the signature ’bhog-er khichuri’. But, is this dish really what they claim to be?
4 min read24 Oct 2020No special Metro services in Kolkata available for Durga puja this time
A total of 68 trains will run along the corridor each day between October 23 and 26 at an interval of 20 minutes, as is the norm now on every Sunday, the Kolkata Metro general manager said
1 min read21 Oct 2020’No Entry’ boards placed outside pandals in West Bengal after court order
According to the court’s order, only organisers can enter the Puja pandals in the state
1 min read20 Oct 2020TMC says many disappointed with Puja verdict, opposition calls order life-saver
Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy said that people wait for this time of the year to celebrate Durga Puja.
1 min read20 Oct 2020No Durga Puja pandals in Delhi’s CR Park this year
The Greater Kailash legislator said the decision was taken in view of a huge number of senior citizen population in the areaMost Durga Puja committees in Delhi have decided not to allow entry of people and limit physical darshan to their members only
1 min read19 Oct 2020Delhi’s Durga Puja to go online; home delivery of prasad, COVID test for priests
Most Durga Puja committees have decided not to allow people and limit physical darshan to their members onlySome organisers said they will rope in two priests to avoid any last-minute scrambling if the main priest gets infected
3 min read19 Oct 2020Covid-19: Durga Puja pandals to be no-entry zones for visitors, says Calcutta HC
All 34,000 Durga Puja pandals in the state to be made ’No-Entry’ zone for visitorsThe court also directs that list of names of organisers to be put up outside pandals and only they can enter for puja-related works
1 min read19 Oct 2020Durga Puja 2020: Is virtual pandal-hopping the new normal this time?
Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court has directed all Durga puja pandals in the state to be made into ’no-entry zones’
2 min read19 Oct 2020West Bengal: PM Modi’s address to be streamed live at 10 Durga Puja pandals
According to the sources, Modi’s virtual address on ’Maha Sasthi’, which marks the beginning of the five-day festival, will set the tone for Durga Puja this year
1 min read18 Oct 2020Durga Puja committee to install giant TV screens to help people watch decoration
To enable those not wishing to visit pandals, Bhawanipur 75 Palli will also live stream the moments at the puja pandal on facebook
2 min read17 Oct 2020Popular Topics
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