Durga Puja: Quick Facts

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Oct. 27, 2026

News •

Prayas Columbus to share Bengali culture at Durga Puja festival • Oct. 22, 2026, 5:05 AM ET (The Columbus Dispatch)

Why are book stalls set up by Left parties at Durga Puja Pandals being attacked in West Bengal? Explained • Oct. 21, 2026, 3:03 AM ET (The Hindu)

Tarique Rahman visits Durga Puja pavilions in Bangladesh • Oct. 20, 2026, 5:14 AM ET (The Hindu)

Indian festival events turn deadly with incidents involving stampede and an out-of-control truck • Oct. 19, 2026, 2:55 AM ET (South China Morning Post)

India news: Kolkata stampede dampens Durga Puja festivities • Oct. 18, 2026, 6:38 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)

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Clay image of the Hindu goddess Durga

Bengali women in red and white sarees joyfully apply vermilion to each other's faces during Sindur Khela, with a decorated Durga idol in the background at a festival pandal.

A woman in a red sari applies red sindoor powder to the face of a decorated Durga idol during the Sindoor Khela ritual at Durga Puja in Lucknow, India.

Dhunuchi dance performed during Durga Puja

Women in traditional attire immerse a colorful idol of the goddess Durga in the Mahananda River during the Durga Puja festival in Siliguri, India.

Devotees gather at the riverbank at sunset to immerse a large, decorated idol of Goddess Durga in the Ganges during Durga Puja in Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background.

Durga slaying the buffalo demon

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