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West Bengal Festivals
For Bengal, Durga Puja IS the festival — 5 days when Kolkata transforms into a citywide art gallery of pandals. Kali Puja on Diwali night is uniquely Bengali. Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year) marks the start of the Bengali calendar with new business ledgers (Haal Khata).
Saraswati Puja
📅 January-February
Vasant Panchami — students worship goddess of learning
Poila Boishakh
📅 April 14-15
Bengali New Year — Haal Khata (new ledger book)
Rath Yatra
📅 June-July
Jagannath festival, Mahesh (Serampore) is iconic
Janmashtami
📅 August-September
Krishna birth
Durga Puja (5 days)
📅 September-October
Mahalaya, Sashti, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami, Dashami — pandal hopping
Lakshmi Puja
📅 October (Kojagari Purnima)
Full moon after Durga Puja
Kali Puja
📅 October-November (Amavasya)
Bengal's Diwali night — Kali worship
Chhath Puja
📅 November
4-day Sun worship — big in Bihari-Bengali border areas
Poush Mela
📅 December-January
Tagore's Shantiniketan fair
Other states
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