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Festivals in Kolkata and Worship Places in calcutta / Kolkata

Festivals in Kolkata - Durga Puja

Major celebration of festivals in Kolkata are Makar Sankranti, new year, Saraswati Puja, Dol Yatra, Bengali New Years Day , Poila Baisakh, mahalaua, Durga puja, Laxmi puja, Kali puja, Sunatani festival. FESTIVALS IN KOLKATA Makar Sankranti (Gangasagar Mela)- January. Every year on this day people from all over India come for Bath in the Ganga. New Year-1st Jan Saraswati Puja(Basant Panchami)-February. In honour of the goddess of learning and music, everybody celebrates this day with fervor. Dol Yatra or Holi-March Celebrated throughout the country and also in Bengal men, womenRead More


Festivals in Kalimpong and Worship places in Kalimpong

Festivals in Kalimpong Lepcha/Bhutia New Year's Day

Major festivals in Kalimpong are Lepcha/Bhutia New Year’s Day, Losar Tibetan New Year’s Day, Durga Puja / Dussehra. Fifty-one kilometer east of Darjeeling and at an altitude of 1250 metres lies Kalimpong the former headquarters of the Bhutanese Governor. It is situated amidst gently rolling “hills of Deolo and Durbindra”, at the foot of the mighty Himalayas. The journey from Darjeeling to Kalimpong takes you through rich forests and rolling tea gardens. It affords some of the finest views of the valleys, which is the confluence of the Rangeet &Read More