A Bengali artisan, Atul Pal, is known for creating the Raudra form of Goddess Durga along with his team. People come to him from many districts in the state to get idols prepared for the festival.
An art workshop titled 'Jol Chabi' was held here on Sunday to teach visually impaired artists how to make sculptures of Goddess Durga and Lord Ganesha.
Actor Yami Gautam who is basking in the success and overwhelmed with the response received from the audience on her recent release 'Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga' on Friday seek blessings of Goddess Durga and Lord Shiva with her husband-filmmaker Aditya Dhar.
He worshipped nine girls, symbolising nine manifestations of the goddess Durga. As part of the ritual, girls were made to stand on a metallic plate as Chief Minister Yogi washed their feet, applied tilak on their foreheads, and performed their 'Aarti' amid chanting of mantras.
Devotees offered prayers and sought blessings from Goddess Durga on the eighth day of the Chaitra Navratri at the Chhatarpur Temple in the national capital on Wednesday.
During Navratri, devotees also prepare traditional snacks in their homes and sing bhajans to seek the blessings of Goddess Durga. On Navratri, people observe fasting for all nine days. In addition, some people fast for the first two or last two days of the festival. It is believed that Go
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 7 (ANI): A clash broke out between two groups on Friday in the Sadar Bazar area of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh during Goddess Durga idol immersion.
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], October 6 (ANI): Seven people died and several were feared missing after flash floods hit Mal River in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri during Goddess Durga idol Visarjan (immersion), on Wednesday, informed the Superintendent of Police Debarshi Dutta.
Birbhum (West Bengal) [India], October 5 (ANI): Women bid adieu to Goddess Durga with 'Sindoor Khela' on the occasion of Vijay Dashmi at a pandal in Birbhum, West Bengal.