Malda’s goddess – Johura Kali
The sanctum sanctorum is enough to accommodate not more than 10 people at a time. The spillover outside the temple is far larger on...
Shiva accompanies Durga on her annual homecoming
Durga is the daughter, Shiva the son-in-law. This belief is behind Serampore’s Pyne family's nearly 400 year old Durga Puja. The children, of course,...
Themes galore for Lakshmi in Khalna
When Kolkata is done with its themes, lights and grand immersion carnival for Durga Puja, a non-descript village in Howrah district’s Amta subdivision wakes...
A peaceful Ramanavami puja held at Santragachhi
While political parties across the country clanked swords about how they would celebrate Ramanavami, a peaceful and serene worship of Lord Rama, Sita, Lakshman...
Gandheswari – The Goddess of Fragrance Merchants
It’s a queer corner to have a place of worship. A narrow passage between the temple and the wall of the Gandhabanik Mahasabha Chhatrabas,...
Pancham Dol at Bally Rash Bari
The colours are still fresh and people are still recalling their experience of playing with colours on Dol Jatra this year. The selfies are...
Chapal Rani’s fight for roots
After an arduous court battle that lasted for 12 years, justice was done in a Howrah court to jatra artiste and Bangla Akademi Award...
Bird-lover by nature
She is not an ornithologist, neither is she associated with any bird-lovers’ group. She has no formal training for treating injured fledglings. Yet Pratima...
The Saha’s Durga
The Mokdumpur Sahapara Durga Puja is estimated to be more
than 300 years old. It has its origins at Sahapur in Old Malda...
The Kali that Bamakhyapa installed
Sadhak Bamakhyapa had visited this house to install the deity. Amulyadhan Mukhopadhyay was a very dear disciple of the guru and had expressed his...
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