Calcutta, September 24, 1988 : Durga Puja is around the corner and the festive spirit has pervaded the air in Calcutta and the suburbs. In keeping with the Puja spirit and our endeavour to make available the latest that's happening in India on the Net, we at 123India.com have compiled and put up a Durga Puja Special section on our search engine. Now all the hottest information on Sharadotsav is just a click away at http://www.123india.com/.

Visitors to 123India.com can now enjoy and join in on the Durga Puja celebrations from any corner of the world. This special section houses sites that offer myriad features including festive greeting cards, detailed road maps, a forum for sharing Puja thoughts, recipes for traditional delicacies and an incredible array of photographs from all the pujas in and around Calcutta as well as news on worldwide Durga Puja celebrations among other Puja related information. Users on 123India.com will be able to access these sites at the click of a button and virtually participate in the action and experience the excitement that is exclusive to this festival.

For the first time on the Internet, 123India.com will put up two major Durga Puja Awards - one the Sharad Samman Awards presented by Asian Paints and the other the Snowcem Ananda Durgotsav Arghya Awards which have been introduced from this year onwards by Snowcem India. This exclusive will only be a click away for 123india.com users.

"We have been flooded with queries and requests from our users who want to know more about the Durga Puja festivities, especially those taking place in Calcutta. Awards of any kind have always been of interest to the common man; those related to the Pujas, more so," says R.Indumati Corporate Hostess at 123India.com. "Now distance will not prevent our users from 'visiting' the best."  

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123India.com, India's Premier Portal, is an India dedicated Internet media site that offers branded web content, serving Indians worldwide. As the leading Indian online navigational guide to the web, 123India.com is one of the largest guides in terms of users, database and reach amongst the Indian community on the Internet. Visit us at www.123india.com.