While popular all over India, Durga is perhaps most fiercely beloved ... years of South Asian history—from Zoroastrian and ...
Durga pooja is celebrated with an extra splash of green at Lalbagan Nabankur in north Kolkata. In a sustainable move, their Durga idol is adorned with an impressive 8,000 natural plants.
Her peaceful demeanour contrasts with the fiercer forms of Durga worshipped earlier in Navratri, embodying a motherly figure ...