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Bhai Phota

Significance: A festival dedicated to the sacred bond between Brothers & sisters

The sacred bond of brothers & sisters is celebrated through various rituals in Hindu culture. Dedicated festivals like Rakhi are observed especially to honor this lifelong relationship in various parts of the country, and Kolkata is no exception.

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Crafts Bazaar

Season: January

Venue: Calcutta Maidan

Significance: Display of poor craftsmanship and other loom based weaver products

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Dol Purnima

Dol Purnima is the festivals of colors celebrated as a sign of warm welcome to the Kolkata spring season. It is also known as 'Dol Purnima', 'Dol Jatra' or the ‘Swing festival’ and involves much excitement and enjoyment. The rituals involve worshipping the idols of Krishna and Radha as well as spraying colors on each other.

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Durga Puja

Durga Puja or the worship of Goddess Durga is the most popular festival in Bengal. It is celebrated with customary religious fervor and pomp twice a year – once during the basant period which falls in the month of March or April and again during Ashwin period in September or October.

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Kali Puja

Kali Puja dedicated to the goddess Kali is one of the most popular festivals not only in Kolkata but of West Bengal as well. It falls just after the auspicious Durga Puja and involves worship of Goddess Kali- the incarnation of Shakti. However unlike other incarnations of Durga and Saraswati, Goddess kali is a frightening form who wears a garland of skulls and has a sharp weapon in one hand and a severed head on another.