Puja  

According to Bangladeshi nationals, a country like India is famous for festivals and they are unable to see festivals like these back home

Sporting a theme with social messages, each pandal here has endeavoured to add a unique hue of distinctive attraction.
 

During this festival, Goddess Durga is invited to come to earth. To welcome Goddess Durga, pandals are erected. Many Durga pandals enthral devotees in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.

Union home minister Amit Shah was in West Bengal to inaugurate Durga puja at Salt Lake. During this occasion, he urged the voters to give BJP a chance. 

Navratri, considered a significant festival celebrated worldwide by Hindus is set to be celebrated for nine days, which begin from September 29.
 

Mahalaya is celebrated at the end of Shradh or Pitru Paksha, a 16-day period when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors. 

The four Bengali films to be released are Srijit Mukjherji's 'Gumnaami', Kamaleswar Mukherjee's 'Password', Arindam Sil's 'Mitin Masi' and Sayantan Ghosal's 'Satyanweshi Byomkesh'.
 

 On Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 69th birthday, Jashodaben was at a temple in Asansol. Ahead of his birthday a new version of the NaMo App was  launched with more features.
 

Navratri is one of the most important festivals in India. Watch the video to know why the festival is celebrated for nine days.

Take a look at some of the pictures from Kumortuli in Kolkata, West Bengal, which will make you visit the place now

The 26-year-old Rahkeem Cornwall bowled 27 overs, giving away just 69 runs on the opening day of the second Test on Friday (August 30). The off-spinner struck in only his third over by taking the big wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara

Captain NM Baig, attached to the Janpad Police station in Uttar Pradesh, performed puja of Lord Krishna on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami and spread the message of religious harmony

Mamata Banerjee on Sunday had criticised the Centre for issuing income tax notices to several Durga Puja committees here, saying festivals should be exempt from levies 

On the reason behind choosing food-themed films, Chatterjee said, "We Bengalis are stereotyped as gastronomes. But somehow we didnt have enough of food films in Bengali." 

Puja Ojha allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling hook at her residence in Ashoknagar. Her husband alleged that the body was taken to the district hospital in a tractor-trolley which serves as a garbage carrying vehicle.