On this day the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped and the celebration is known as ‘Astra Puja’. This day is also popularly referred as ‘Virashtami’ owing to the display of arms and other forms of ...

Durga Puja is a a part of the Navaratri festival held in many places of India. It is most religiously celebrated in North India, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Out of the the nine days of ...

She visits the Kamakhya Temple to learn about the Durga Puja. She discovers what the festival ... Should women be priests? videoShould women be priests? Bettany Hughes outlines the background ...

Durga Puja celebrations in Canada vary in scale and ... a professor of Computer Science in the University here, acts as a priest regularly for this puja as far as my memory goes.

Khadija and the founding of Islam Should women be priests? St. Augustine's concept of Original Sin Taking part in the Durga Puja These clips are taken from the original BBC series: Divine Women ...

Durga Puja celebrations in East Siang district began with great fervor, marked by the performance of rituals (awahan and ...

Alia Bhatt visited the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal on Friday ... Alia also received prasad from the priest at the celebrations. Let's decode her traditional look.

Members of the Bengali-speaking Hindu community in and around the GTA celebrated the annual five-day long Durgapuja last month with zeal and devotion to Goddess Durga, colourful traditional attire and ...

Jamshedpur, March 6: On the fourth day of the grand Brahmotsav celebrations, a Navgraha Shanti Puja was performed at Sidhgora ...