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 ...

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 ...