About the festival

• Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in September or October, most notably in Kolkata, in West Bengal, but also in other parts of India.
• It marks the ten-day worship of the Hindu mother-goddess Durga. 
• It is a five-day event that begins on the fifth night of the Navratri festival and concludes on Dashami, the tenth day.
• Durga Puja is seen as the best instance of the public performance of religion and art, and as a thriving ground for collaborative artists and designers. 
• The festival is characterized by large-scale installations and pavilions in urban areas, as well as by traditional Bengali drumming and veneration of the goddess. 

• It is included in UNESCO’s “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”. 

Why in News?

• The President of India Droupadi Murmu has sent her greetings to fellow citizens on the eve of Durga Puja.

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