Summer and Durga Puja vacations are about a month each and are in May-June and September-October, respectively.
Durga | Durga Puja | Durga Charan Mohanty | Lakshmi Puja | Lakshmi puja | Durga Shakti Nagpal | Durga Lal Shrestha | Charak Puja |
The first publicly organised Durga Puja was held at Guptipara, when some men were stopped from taking part in a household Durga Puja.
The earliest Sarbojonin Durga Puja was reportedly held in the Kazi Bajaar area of the city in 1832 by both Oriya and Bengali employees of the East India Company.