r/kolkata • u/ResponsiblePush7158 • 21h ago

Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 This series is called "The Face of Maa"

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517 Upvotes

13 comments

r/kolkata • u/snehasish_mukhherjee • 13h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 Goddess Maa Durga does not fast , she feasts- Indian express Oct 2026 article on Durga Puja in Bengal

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417 Upvotes

src-

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/our-durga-doesnt-fast-she-feasts-10921855/

44 comments

r/kolkata • u/alooposhto • 21h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 Back again with my humble zero budget pandal this year to celebrate pujo 2000 kms away from Kolkata. :') Barite shoshtir bikele maayer bodhon, shobaike janai Shubho Sharodiya!

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253 Upvotes

14 comments

r/kolkata • u/Ethan_J_Hunt • 5h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ কি দরকার ছিল এসব করার?

194 Upvotes

43 comments

r/kolkata • u/Next-Swordfish9561 • 9h ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Man Waited whole this time to get rejected again 🥀

181 Upvotes

😔

17 comments

r/kolkata • u/sayan1326 • 19h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 Eka eka Thakur dekha part 2

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163 Upvotes

আজ আবার একাই চলে গেলাম 🌻 সবাইকে জানাই শারদীয়ার প্রীতি ও শুভেচ্ছা ।
শুভ ষষ্টি 🙏🏽

10 comments

r/kolkata • u/Mediocre-Insect8021 • 19h ago

News | সংবাদ 📰 Abhoya aunty khushi toh akhn?????

148 Upvotes

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19j3mVjZup/

Ebr raat er dokholer sahosh pbe toh keu krte???

77 comments

r/kolkata • u/Niladri_Dey • 8h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 Hypocrisy by Suvendu

131 Upvotes

Pandals are not allowed to sell VIP tickets. Suvendu has asked the police to see that puja committees can't raise fund by selling VIP tickets.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/west-bengal/kolkata/stop-commercial-sale-of-durga-puja-vip-passes-puja-body-tells-kolkata-police-prnt/cid/2183643

Then he went ahead and allowed Adani and other conglomerates to sell passes. I mean even Flipkart Minutes sold pass this year.

Isn't this epic hyprocrisy ?

33 comments

r/kolkata • u/Slow_Flounder4751 • 23h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ HOW ANDHBHAKTS IN REAL LIFE LOOK LIKE !!

131 Upvotes

49 comments

r/kolkata • u/Nah-crard • 9h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 Maa

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104 Upvotes

Badamtala

66 pally

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Nepal Bhattacharya St.

Behala Club

Amarendra Bhavan, Behala

Behala Notun Dol

Chetla Agrani

Chetla Akal Bodhon

Tarun Sangha

1 comment

r/kolkata • u/Complex_Bed5787 • 20h ago

Cinema & Entertainment | ছায়াছবি ও বিনোদন 🎬🎙️ DEV gave legal notices to YouTubers for HONEST REVIEW To Desu7 🤡

89 Upvotes

Here is the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SRy8nzcxSg

Imagine how bad the movie really is that DEV Entertainment Production House is now giving out legal notices to honest reviews.

Rupam didnt even say its a bad movie as I saw it here - https://bengalimoviereviews.com/movie/desu7-2026/

“Entertaining in parts but "at most an average film": Dev's heroics, Anirban's stylised character and the sound design work, yet the screenplay tries to be a gangster film, a spy story and a love triangle at once"

First Bengali cinema to do this, even SVF got terrible reviews but never chose to do this.

Guys go for better movies https://bengalimoviereviews.com/articles/best-bengali-movie-durga-puja-2026-reviews-comparison, there are much better movies from critic reviews

16 comments

r/kolkata • u/Ethan_J_Hunt • 4h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ রাজ্যের বিভিন্ন প্রান্তে একের পর এক পুজোমণ্ডপের বাইরে বামেদের বুক স্টল ভাঙা নিয়ে বিজেপির বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগ উঠতেই পাল্টা মুখ খুললেন শমীক ভট্টাচার্য।

78 Upvotes

30 comments

r/kolkata • u/aslamloveukum • 7h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 who's this guy?

79 Upvotes

kal chuchurar te ekta pandel e dekhlam eta. theme ta chilo underwater beings der, charidike jwalpori der majhei ei murti tao chilo.

46 comments

r/kolkata • u/Appropriate_Book9563 • 17h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 আমাদের বাড়ির দূর্গা পূজা 2026 ✨

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79 Upvotes

5 comments

r/kolkata • u/Emergency_Army_7640 • 15h ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Sashthi Jhamela at Chorebagan Sarbojanin

71 Upvotes

no idea what happened

17 comments

r/kolkata • u/PsychologicalUnit693 • 15h ago

Art & Culture | শিল্প ও সংস্কৃতি 🖼️🎭 Ma ❤️

70 Upvotes

4 comments

r/kolkata • u/idkmanfuc • 4h ago

Cinema & Entertainment | ছায়াছবি ও বিনোদন 🎬🎙️ UMA is easily one of the best Durga Pujo movies ever made

60 Upvotes

Essential Durga Pujo Re-watch :) Revisiting this movie every time just makes it better

2 comments

r/kolkata • u/LoadStandard3260 • 6h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 শোভাবাজার রাজবাড়ি

57 Upvotes

1 comment

r/kolkata • u/RBNandi • 22h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ আমি ভুলিনি... ft. বহুরূপী (Part 2: Reloaded) 😏

57 Upvotes

Hypocrisy of S. Adhikary.

6 comments

r/kolkata • u/MamataMatirManush • 22h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 Subho Mahashashti 🙏

55 Upvotes

0 comments

r/kolkata • u/Memory_Dash • 20h ago

Festivals & Events | উৎসব ও অনুষ্ঠান 🎇 North Kolkata ✨ on Shasthi

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55 Upvotes

8 comments

r/kolkata • u/Green-Section-3512 • 15h ago

Transportation | পরিবহন 🚦 👮🏽‍♂️EKTU SIDE KOR TOo…

51 Upvotes

What are your thoughts on?

23 comments

r/kolkata • u/omolkanti • 15h ago

General Discussion | আড্ডা 🗣️ 🗨️ probably the loneliest puja of my life

48 Upvotes

Emniteo honestly it has been a pretty depressing year altogether

and tar pore seeing people online roaming with their friends, partners, loved ones gives alada e fomo and idk a particular kind of sadness je when is it ever going to be me? Lol

Well online e eshe vent korleo je temon kichu faida hobe tao na but

emni iche holo bole was sharing with y'all

Do share how is tomader sobar pujo going and ke kota thakur dekhle!

47 comments

r/kolkata • u/Ok-Horror247 • 19h ago

Art & Culture | শিল্প ও সংস্কৃতি 🖼️🎭 Shubho Mahasashti 🥁

46 Upvotes

0 comments

r/kolkata • u/Small-Professor-7573 • 16h ago

General Discussion | আড্ডা 🗣️ 🗨️ Oh, here we go!

42 Upvotes

Obak holam na 🙃

5 comments

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