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Durga Puja 2022: Festive spirits return to pre-pandemic high in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): After a hiatus of 2 years, the festive fervour is back in New Delhi's mini Bengal, Chittaranjan Park which is known for its Durga Puja celebrations.
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Assam artisan to send fiberglass-made Durga idol to London
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karimganj (Assam) [India], August 25 (ANI): With just a month left for the Durga Puja festival, an artisan from Assam's Karimganj district is all set to send a fiberglass-made idol of Goddess Durga to London.
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Chhath puja: Devotees raise concerns over toxic foam floating in Yamuna r
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): As a thick layer of toxic foam continues to float on the surface of the Yamuna river in the national capital on Tuesday on the second day of the Chhath puja festival.
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Bangladesh Minister blames opposition party, pro-Pak elements for Durga Pu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 29 (ANI): Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister M Hasan Mahmud on Thursday blamed opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and pro-Pakistan elements for the recent communal violence in the country during the Durga Puja festival.
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Durga pandal in Kolkata replicates Dubai's Burj Khalifa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata's Sreebhumi Sporting Club has built a Dubai's Burj Khalifa themed 145 feet pandal in the Lake-town.
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Kolkata: Durga idols dressed in gold saree, installed with gold eyes
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 6 (ANI): As the Durga Puja festival approaches closer, Kolkata gears up its preparations of decorating pandals and Durga idols.
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Ahead of Durga Puja, artisans say sale of idols getting lukewarm response
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 6 (ANI): Ahead of Navratri and Durga Puja festivals, artisans say that the sale of idols in Hyderabad is getting a lukewarm response from buyers.
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West Bengal artists make idols depicting Mamata Banerjee as Goddess Durga
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hoogly (West Bengal) [India], September 30 (ANI): As Durga puja festival approaches, artists in Hooghly have made paintings and idols which depict chief minister Mamata Banerjee as Goddess Durga.
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President Ram Nath Kovind extends his greetings on Chhath Puja festival
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], November 19 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday extended his greetings on the occasion of Chhath Puja to fellow citizens.
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85 deaths reported at Siliguri's NBMCH during Durga Puja
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], October 28 (ANI): As many as 85 patients died during the Durga Puja festival from October 22 to October 27 at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital(NBMCH) near Siliguri.
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Artisans in Assam's Guwahati say orders for Durga Puja idols cancelled due
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 12 (ANI): Several idol makers in Guwahati say they are staring at huge losses amid the COVID-19 crisis as they have not yet received any orders ahead of Durga Puja festival.
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Devotees continue to throng Sabarimala temple to seek blessings of Lord Ay
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Scores of devotees on Monday continue to throng to the Sabarimala temple to offer prayers to Lord Ayyappa. The temple was opened on November 16 for the 41-day long annual Mandala-Makaravilakku puja festival.
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