5 things you probably didn't know about Kolkata 'Durga Puja'

Here are some interesting facts to know why the city is on everyone's bucket list this time of the year.

Goddess Durga's eyes are painted on the idols only on Mahalaya. That is also called “Chokkhu Daan.”

Durga idols are welcomed in the pandals on the 6th day of the Mahalaya. She is in a veil before that.

In the early morning of Maha Saptami, chants and hymns are sung in almost every Bengali household to welcome the Goddess in their homes.

On Vijayadashmi, Dhaak and Dhanauchi are performed. The women perform the famous Sindoor Khela.

The city is full of beautiful pandals and almost 3,000 pandals are set up in the entire city.

It is said that Kolkata doesn't sleep during these nine days and nights, and the entire city is lit with lights and alive with dance and music

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