The accused persons sold tickets worth Rs. 4,000 for 'Preview Shows' of selected 24 Durga Puja Pandals in Kolkata which were selected by the organisation Mass Art, claiming falsely as being selected by UNESCO.
The story starts with Durga Puja versus Diwali, Rosogolla versus Ghevar, Panjabi/Sari versus Sherwani/Salwar Kameez and continues forever with veg, non-veg, Alpona, Rangoli, Lokkhir Pachali, Hanuman Chalisa and most importantly art versus business, needless to say which party favors which aspect of life.
The history of the Barisha Chandi puja is long and beautiful. It began in the year 1200 of the Bengali calendar, in the month of Magh.
Martin Chamberland was invited to exclusively cover Durga Puja in Kolkata. It was a joint collaboration between The Statesman Kolkata, La Presse from Montreal, and Jaydeep Mukherjee of Meghdutam Travels on global sensitization of Durga Puja.
The Governor says action by all stakeholders is the key - the silent majority must speak up, including the media.
The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon, as a group of worshippers gathered to immerse the idol of Goddess Durga at the conclusion of the festival.
Rani recalled how, in the earlier years, the festival was much smaller and more personal. Her parents played a key role in organising the celebrations, and the evenings were full of cultural performances.
The Met department on Wednesday forecast rain accompanied by thunderstorms in Kolkata, which is likely to dampen the festive mood in the city as a large number of people will throng puja mandaps on the penultimate day of Durga Puja
Police investigation into the murder of Bihar businessman Suresh Yadav revealed that he had his own flat in Howrah and he regularly visited Bengal during Durga puja.
The palpable public anger that defined Durga Puja last year, following the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata's R.G Kar Medical College Hospital, has been replaced this year by resurgent scenes of gleeful pandal hopping and mass festivity, marking a striking study-in-contrast.
