Durga Puja in London has grown into one of the diaspora’s most anticipated events of the year. Community pandals spring up across boroughs from Camden to Redbridge, drawing thousands of Bengalis and non-Bengalis alike for festive traditions. But celebrations in London are different. The weather is colder, the venues are often community halls rather than […]
Durga Puja has always been about community. Across New York, New Jersey, the Bay Area, Southern California and Boston, Bengali and broader Indian communities gather every autumn to mark the goddess’s homecoming with five days of ritual, food, music and, increasingly, some seriously good outfits. Walk into any pandal these days and you’ll notice something: […]
