UNESCO inscribes Durga Puja in Kolkata on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, honoring the festival in which the Goddess returns home and a whole city becomes her temple for five days.
The Event
- Date
- 2021 (exact)
- Also called
- Durga Puja in Kolkata, UNESCO inscription
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Kolkata; today West Bengal, India
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Shaktism
Primary Sources
- UNESCO Representative List inscription, Durga Puja in Kolkata (2021)
Secondary Sources
- Fuller, The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India (Princeton, 2004)
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
Provenance: HIST-0341; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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