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Calcutta Weather
WeatherTemperature
Min : 24.90°C (+1)
Max : 32.60°C (+1)
Rainfall : 1.30 mm
Relative Humidity:
Max : 97.00% Min : 67.00%
Sunrise : 5:37 AM
Sunset : 5:8 PM
Today
Generally cloudy sky. Rain or thundershower may occur in some areas.
 
CIMA Gallary
Size doesn’t matter, spirit does
On Ashtami evening, a placard bearing the words “CESC The Telegraph True Spirit Model Puja” wended its way down Diamond Harbour Road into an alley leading to Shilpara. ...  | Read.. 
 
Seven stops on festive spirit trek
The vehicles carrying the judges — artist Jogen Chowdhury, actress Swastika Mukherjee, Dr Debal Sen, composer Debajyoti Mishra, American Center director ...  | Read.. 
 
FUN UNLIMITED
Amartya Abasan, Salt Lake: Residents of the 176 flats plan to keep things “homely” on their first puja. Saptami’s event list ...  | Read.. 
 
Spread the Joy
Green Tower, Golf Green Urban Complex, Block C: “We have avoided using plastic plates and glasses to ensure an environment-fr...  | Read.. 
 
Metro relief for revellers
Anuradha Basu, 27, was loath to enter Kalighat Metro station on Ashtami after hearing about the long delays and massive cr...  | Read.. 
 
Rain, no washout
Puja organisers were fearing a washout but the weather god finally did not mar the Ashtami spirit....  | Read.. 
 
‘Nothing in the world compares to this’
A first-timer admires creativity & community feeling, a veteran rues loss of heart but can’t resist it

Chad P. Cummins, director, American Center, a judge for CESC The Telegraph True Spirit Puja on Ashtami, on his firs ...  | Read.. 
 
Sandhi Puja at Lalbari on Ekdalia Road in Ballygunge on Friday evening. The family puja, started by Santos Chandra Banerjee, is celebrating its centen ...  | Read
 
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Today's Tips
 
 You share your birthday with...
Günter Grass, Hema Malini & Jacques Kallis
You are polite and down to earth. Your frien ...Read.. 
‘Crowded, impersonal but still charming’
I still vividly remember my earliest childhood experiences of Durga Puja in Kotalipara...  | Read..