Durga Puja displayed aristocratic power in colonial India. It still has traces of that legacy

Long before Kolkata's Durga Puja became a grand public celebration, the festival unfolded inside the mansions of Bengal's wealthy families.
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- Lifestyle
- Places
- West Bengal
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- Theprint Hindi
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- mousumi roy
- Published
- Sunday, 11 October 2026, 11:24 am IST
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