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13th October - Kolkata

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October 13th 2010
The city is starting to gear up for Durga Puja, a five day annual holiday celebrating the worship of the Goddess Durga. This is what About.Com says about the Hindu festival: "Durga Puja is celebrated in a similar manner to the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The start of the festival sees huge, elaborately crafted statutes of Goddess Durga installed in homes and beautifully decorated podiums all ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more