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Dignitaries of Kolkata enjoying dance performance at Red road carnival. Durga Puja is mainly celebrated for 5 days - Shashti, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami and Vijaya Dashami. But the festive mood around Durga Puja in Kolkata starts before Shashti, mainly from Mahalaya. Durga Puja pandals are opened to the public from the day of Mahalaya.
At present, Durga Pujas in Kolkata are more theme oriented. Some specific theme like Madhubani art or earthen cups or a place like Kerala, will be the base for the decoration. In 2001, "Bosepukur Sitalamandir" decorated its pandal completely of earthen cups and was so popular that it won the Best Puja award hands down.
Two theme-based pandals in Kolkata. Months before the start of Durga Puja, youth members of the community collect funds and donations, engage priests and artisans, buy votive materials and help build pandal s centered around a theme, which has rose to prominence in recent years.
The Kolkata International Book Fair or Kolkata Boi Mela is the world's largest non-trade annual book fair, as well as the largest book fair in Asia. Held on the Milan Mela ground near Science City on E.M. Bypass, this fair has over 600 stalls, selling over Rs.23,000,000 worth of books and attracting more than 2.5 million visitors annually.
as a small celebration in a shop [1] and has grown into one of Kolkata's largest & biggest Durga Puja celebrations, attended by celebrities, industrialists, politicians and foreign diplomats. [2] Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Pujo 2019. The Durga Puja is held near the intersection of Vivekananda Road and Amherst Street. [2]
2023 Theme of Chandannagar Jagaddhatri Puja. Every year its main attraction is the Puja Torana (Pandal) and the Mela. The Pandal is decorated as a famous monument in 2011 it was a miniature of US Capitol Building, United States. This year, it is Lalitha Mahal, Mysore.
The theme for the 2024 Met Gala has been announced. The Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed the motif of next year’s Costume Institute exhibition — which will debut with the annual ball — on ...
Various buses are available to move around Kolkata. Majerhat Bridge is one of the major roads connecting Behala to the rest of Calcutta has led to massive traffic snarls in the area. Now, a new bridge has been made which successfully connects Behala with other areas. [22] Some notable buses connecting Behala with central and north Kolkata are: