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Kolkata: Durgas diversities add to the citys joy

The famed creativity of Bengalis is very much in evidence at this pre-eminent religio-cultural festival. In recent decades, artists and visualisers have been tapped to create modern settings and contexts to act as foils to the traditional Bengali clay craftspeople's portrayals of Ma Durga and her divine brood comprising Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesh and Kartik and their animal mounts, not to mention the fearsome vanquished buffalo demon at her holy feet.

17 Oct 2026 12:48 am