Kolkata, Oct. 17 -- Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal on Saturday as Durga Puja celebrations reached a high point on Maha Saptami, with families, friends and visitors making their way from one pandal to another.
Decked up in their best, people from the metropolis, the Bengal villages, other parts of India as well as various countries walked shoulder to shoulder in gay abandon, paying obeisance to the Goddess and watching in awe the colossal marquees - many of them beautiful works of art - on Maha Saptami (the seventh Lunar day).
With devotees and tourists soaking in the cultural and religious gala - the eastern metropolis seemed to have been transformed into a paradise on earth, virtuall...