As the grand festival of Durga Puja approached, the essence of Nari Shakti (women’s empowerment) was celebrated through an artistic presentation of the ancient legend of Mahishasur Mardini.

Mahishasur Mardini was first broadcast as a live programme on AIR in the early 1930s. Since then it has become a Mahalaya morning 'ritual'. River traffic police kept a strict vigil along various ...