Lucknow: Durga Puja festivities began in Bengali households on Wednesday with people waking up to the 90-year-old musical recital of ‘Mahishasur Mardini’, marking the auspicious occasion of Mahalaya.

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Mahalaya marks the end of Pitru Paksha, a fortnight for honouring ancestors. It also marks the start of Devi Paksha, which leads to Durga Puja. Rituals like tarpan (offering water ...

The epic Mahabharata says that Karna was fed gold and jewels when he died and his soul went to heaven. At that moment he didn't understand, so he asked Yama why he was suffering. Yama told Karna that ...

Durga Puja, for the festival-loving Bengalis, is practically here already; with the land waking up as usual in the dawn of Mahalaya to an age-old tradition – tuned in to the enchanting melody of ...

With the first ray of sunshine and chirpings of birds in the backdrop, echoes of 91-year-old Mahishasura Mardini Stotram reverberated through the air on the auspicious occasion of Mahalaya, which ...