KMC asks puja bodies to clear pandals, banners
With the Durga Puja festivities getting over, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has asked the Puja committees to fill up the holes created for erecting pandals.
With the Durga Puja festivities getting over, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has asked the Puja committees to fill up the holes created for erecting pandals.
Amid the dengue scare gripping the city after the Durga Pujas getting over, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is now considering cracking the whip on the owners of the vacant plots.
The Kolkata Metro Railway while carrying over 40 lakh commuters has registered a nine per cent increase in the issuance of smart cards during the peak days of Durga Puja in the Blue Line.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will attend the Durga Puja carnival scheduled to be held on Red Road tomorrow.
The state government is going to organise the first Durga Puja carnival in Bolpur town to celebrate the Unesco World Heritage site tag awarded to Shantiniketan on 17 September.
Murali Mohapatra, a well-known Odia singer, passed away during his performance at a Durga Puja event in Odisha's Koraput district. Mohapatra was nicknamed the "Akshaya Mohanty of Jeypore" because he used to imitate the late renowned Odia singer, songwriter, and composer Akshaya Mohanty's singing style.
Another important ritual of Mahashtami is the 'Kumari Puja'. An young girl, of pre-puberty age, is worshipped as the living incarnation of Devi Durga.
The five-day long celebration is full of fun and frolic, food, buzzing streets, dazzling lights, eye-catching themes, grand puja pandals, laughter and giggles and happiness with no bounds.
Durgapuja means prem and singer Anupam Roy has a new offering this year. His pujor song ‘Ga Chhunye Bolchi’ is the new love anthem for this Durga Puja.
The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha at Kasba in the southern outskirts of Kolkata, on Monday modified the Mahatma Gandhi-like idol of Mahishasura in the face criticism.
