Goddess Durga

Each neighborhood in Kolkata has its own celebration with a different artist creating the idol of Durga, showing her killing the demon.

Why do we celebrate goddesses, but treat our women so poorly?

October 3, 2014Belief

The Durga festival is one of the biggest celebrations in the state of Bengal in India. For five days, people worship the goddess of strength and courage who slayed a demon who was going around killing everybody. It’s equivalent to Christmas for us Bengalis.