Dipawali celebrated across Bengal...

Lamp of happiness:
Kolkata, 28 October : Fireworks illuminated the evening sky and earthen lamps dotted the houses as Dipawali , the festival of lights, was celebrated across the Bengal with traditional fervour and gaiety on Tuesday.In picture a Bengali student holds an earthen lamp during an event to celebrate Dipawali in Kolkata. (Photo : AP)
BENGAL NEWS WISHES IT'S VIEWERS "SUBHO DIPAWALI"

SUBHO BIJOYA...

Women apply vermillion on each other as part of Dashami celebrations of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.
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the goddess Durga in the Buriganga River Thursday, which brings to a close the five-day Puja celebrations.
Photo: Reuters & Firoz Ahmed

FESTIVITY-LOVE IS IN THE AIR...

>> It's time to celebrate the sprit of Eid and Durgapuja in Bengal. To celebrate brotherhood and love,to celebrate festivity and feasting,to celebrate peace andprosperity.....Clear blue skies, the sound of the "dhak" and fields of "kashphul". When festivity is in the air and all the caress of the world are stoved away for those five magical days.....
From Shashti to Dashami, the magic of the festive season makes us all the more vulnerable to Cupid's arrows.....Love can blossom faster than the "shiuliphul" at your doorstep can wither.....
Enjoy the festivals with BENGAL NEWS !

4 October :

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Durga Puja to spark off as Eid winds down
<< Preparations for Durga Puja are almost complete.Photo was taken from Dakeshary Mondir on Saturday. Photo: Firoz Ahmed

Dhaka, 4 October : Durga Puja, the largest religious festival for Hindus in Bangladesh, begins Sunday as Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations, the major religious event for Muslims, wind down.
The five-day festivities are formally launched with 'Devi Bodhon', when the goddess Durga, wife of Shiva, is invited to visit earth.
Durga Puja is officially recognised as a government holiday, with festivals organised in every district centre, as well as in the thanas and villages. In 2007, over 20,000 separate Puja festivals were held in Bangladesh.
Puja preparations over the weekend included erecting pavilions or pandals for worship, and artists giving the final decorating touches to idols of the goddess Durga in Old Dhaka among many other places in the capital and countrywide.Spectacular pandals have been erected in a line from Shakaribazar to Tatibazar and Laxmibazar in the old city. Puja preparations were also completed over the weekend in the festival hotspots of Dhakeswari and Ramna Kali temples as well as Dhaka University's Jagannath Hall.
Durga Puja, one of the most important events in the Bengali Hindu calendar.
The Puja is more than just a religious festival, however, it is a cultural event in Bangladesh and West Bengal.
Eden College, Banani playground, Sri Sri Ram Sita Temple in the old city, Shiva Temple in Thatari Bazar, Bhagabati Temple, Pranab Moth, Northbruck Hall Jamidar Bari, Banagram Tarun Sangsad, North and South Mesindi, Narendra Basak Lane, Madan Mohon Temple in Hamanto Das Lane, Rupchan Das Lane, Sri Sri Jamuna Mi Ashram and Siddheswari Kali Temple are among the major festival spots of Durga Puja in Dhaka.