Organised by the Bengali community in Mumbai, Durga Puja pandals offer an extraordinary devotional experience for worshipping Maa Durga. A special bhog is offered to the goddess and distributed as prasad to all the devotees each year. More than 30,000 people take bhog in this pandal each year and cooking at such a large scale is not easy! The scale of cooking is huge and the responsibility is even bigger - but year by year - tirelessly in all devotion - the bhog is cooked and served with love and consumed by thousands in the spirit of Joi Maa Durga! In this episode of Culture Beat, Mid-day’s Katyayani Kapoor explores what goes into making the bhog at Powai Sarvajanin Durgotsav 2024. Take a look.
10 October,2024 08:00 PM IST
Amid the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, former Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam along with his wife and daughter joined Shiv Sena on May 03. Shiv Sena President and Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde welcomed the leader at the party office in Thane. Sanjay Nirupam was expelled from Congress on April 03 for indiscipline and anti-party statements. After the expulsion, Nirupam claimed that the disciplinary action against him came following his resignation from the party’s primary membership. The former MP had left the undivided Shiv Sena nearly two decades ago in order to join Congress.
04 May,2024 01:50 PM IST
Actor Pankaj Tripathi attended the Rasode Mein Mard Hai event by Bal Kolhu Oil in New Delhi on March 11, 2022. While interacting with the media, the actor opened up about his struggling days, being Bihar’s State Icon, why men should learn to cook and much more. The actor also made everyone laugh with his hilarious response to the election results.
12 March,2022 03:12 PM IST | Mumbai
The Khichdi team is now entering the big screen and have thus sent a letter to Shahrukh Khan seeking his best wishes for their film
31 August,2010 12:00 PM IST
The Khichdi team is now entering the big screen and have thus sent a letter to Shahrukh Khan seeking his best wishes for their film
31 August,2010 12:00 PM IST
JD Majethia is one man, who is donning many a hat, that of an actor as well as film producer. No wonder then, he has named his production company as 'Hats Off Productions'. After having produced the mega popular serial 'Khichdi', the man is back with a bang. And this time round, it's the silver screen that is at the 'receiving end' of 'Khichdi'. In simpler words, JD has done the never-before attempted step of making the popular serial 'Khichdi' into Khichdi - The Movie
03 October,2010 12:00 PM IST
Shahrukh Khan met the star cast of the film 'Khichdi The Movie' and wished them success for their film
06 October,2010 12:00 PM IST
Shahrukh Khan met the star cast of the film 'Khichdi The Movie' and wished them success for their film
04 December,2010 07:07 PM IST
What was the reaction of British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay when he saw a dish made by Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra? Watch this video to find out
22 May,2017 08:24 PM IST
Yami Gautam is seen as a chirpy lively Delhi girl in her latest outing Ginny Weds Sunny. However, while shooting for the film, Yami was not in the best of her health. In an exclusive interview, Yami Gautam revealed that she had just recovered from dengue and while shooting for the film she fainted and felt quite unwell throughout. Watch the video for more
20 October,2020 10:00 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
