Durga Puja Mahasaptami

West Bengal on Tuesday soaked in the festive spirit of Durga Puja on 'Mahasaptami', as devotees began the day with traditional rituals and revellers made a beeline for popular marquees across the state.

Afternoon showers and an overcast sky failed to dampen the spirit of revellers as people of West Bengal soaked in festive spirit today on the occasion of 'Mahasaptami', marking the beginning of the worship of Goddess Durga during her four-day sojourn to her maternal abode.

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today stepped into the role of a priest to conduct traditional rituals of 'Mahasaptami', the first day of Durga puja, at his ancestral house in Miriti village of Birbhum district. "This is a much-awaited occasion in my life and I eagerly wait throughout the year to be at our ancestral house these four days," ...

West Bengal on Tuesday soaked in the festive spirit of Durga Puja on 'Mahasaptami', as devotees began the day with traditional rituals and revellers made a beeline for popular marquees across the state.

Afternoon showers and an overcast sky failed to dampen the spirit of revellers as people of West Bengal soaked in festive spirit today on the occasion of 'Mahasaptami', marking the beginning of the worship of Goddess Durga during her four-day sojourn to her maternal abode.

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today stepped into the role of a priest to conduct traditional rituals of 'Mahasaptami', the first day of Durga puja, at his ancestral house in Miriti village of Birbhum district. "This is a much-awaited occasion in my life and I eagerly wait throughout the year to be at our ancestral house these four days," ...