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The UNESCO Wednesday accorded heritage status to Kolkata’s Durga Puja festival. “Durga Puja in Kolkata has just been inscribed on the intangible heritage list. Today Durga puja is celebrated due to this glorious news. There were beautiful moments when girls wore saree and danced with Dhunuchi. Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsava or Sharadotsav, is an annual Hindu festival of West Bengal where people pay homage to Hindu goddess Durga. It is the biggest religious festival in Bengal and is celebrated to mark Durga’s victory over Mahishasur (buffalo demon). The city of Kolkata is the center of this festival where more than 3,000 community Durga pujas are held during the 10-day festival, excluding the large number of pujas performed in Bengali households. A statement issued by the West Bengal government said, “The 16th Committee of UNESCO for safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in its meeting held on 15th December 2021 in Paris has inscribed Durga Puja in Kolkata on the representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity.”