Kolkata/IBNS, Aug. 31 -- They came from Chhattisgarh with the name of Ram tattooed across every inch of their bodies-elders of the Ramnami Samaj, a devotional community who began inscribing themselves in the 1890s as a quiet act of protest against temple exclusion.

The Manicktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja Committee on Monday announced Nishan - The Mark as the theme of its 84th Durga Puja, releasing alongside it a specially composed musical theme by Grammy Award winner and Padma Bhushan recipient Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, and the soon-to-be-launched Durga Puja Connect app - a global digital initiative that will carry Durga Puja, inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2021, to...