When Rath Yatra Arrives, Bengal Begins Waiting for Durga
“রথ টানলে দুর্গা আসে” (Rath tanle Durga ase). It is a saying every Bengali has heard at some point in life. You won’t find it in scriptures or ancient texts, yet it lives deeply in Bengal’s collective memory. The moment Rath Yatra arrives, something changes in the air. The countdown to Durga Puja doesn’t begin…