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Durga Puja is a term synonymous with Bengal and Bengalis. As autumn
sets in and there is a smell of festivity in the air and gaiety in our
hearts, we usher in the Mother Goddess, the harbinger of all things
good and the defeater of all evil. It is the Festival of Festivals, a
celebration of history, art, culture, music, food, community
cooperation and happiness that transcends age, generation, gender and
race. Celebrated with a pomp and fervor seen in very few places across
the world, it is comparable to the likes of the Rio Carnival, the
San Fermin festival of Pamplona or the Venice Carnival.
Can Durga Puja, the mother of all spectacles and an immortal imagery
of ‘Incredible India’, be bettered? Can it be taken to a whole new
level of international visibility? Can its incredible energy be
aggregated for the greater good? More...
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2012 Durga Puja |
| Mahalaya Amavasya |
15 October 2012 (Monday) |
| Maha Sashti (Shashti). |
20 October 2012 (Saturday) |
| Maha Saptami |
21 October 2012 (Sunday) |
| Maha Ashtami. (Durgastami) |
22 October 2012 (Monday) |
| Maha Navami |
23 October 2012 (Tuesday) |
| Bijoyadasami (Dussehra) |
October 24 2012 (Wednesday) |
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