Festivals; Navratri, Durga Puja, Mahalaya, India travel

Durga Puja in Kolkata: One Goddess, Five Days, Many Ways to Celebrate.

For five days in October, Kolkata stops being a city and becomes one enormous celebration. Streets are closed to traffic, lanes fill with the sound of dhak drums, and every neighbourhood builds its own temporary palace for the goddess. Durga Puja in Kolkata runs from Shashthi to Dashami, 16 to 20 October in 2026, andContinue reading “Durga Puja in Kolkata: One Goddess, Five Days, Many Ways to Celebrate.”