Kolkata: Rain dampens Puja spirit, downpour probably for subsequent 2 days

Express News Service

KOLKATA:  Cloudy sky and spells of downpour in Kolkata and its adjoining districts dampened the festive temper of pandal hoppers on Saptami on Sunday. Worse, the meteorological division has predicted rainfall until October 4, Nabami, with heavy rain more likely to place in some districts. Braving the overcast sky, some Puja revellers thronged the streets of Kolkata from the morning to keep away from huge crowd at evening. However, they had been dissatisfied as sporadic rain drenched the town. 

“After Covid-19 within the final two years, footfall in all main puja pandals is more likely to be enormous this 12 months. There can be enormous crowd after night and visiting in style pujas can be powerful. So we left house within the morning. But our plan didn’t work as we received stranded due to rain,’’ mentioned Mousumi Karmakar, who took refuge underneath the shed of a bus cease when she was heading to a pandal in south Kolkata.

Festive temper returned to Bengal and Kolkata after two years as strict restrictions had been imposed on the largest pageant due to pandemic. This 12 months, Puja organisers showcased their theme-based creativity, starting from plight of acid-attack victims to social concord and equality.

Visitors skilled a sobering second as they stepped into the pandal of Santoshpur Avenue South Club, which mirrored the ache of acid assault victims. The organisers determined to showcase such a stark slice of actuality because the assault on ladies had been nudging them to suppose past vibrant lights, fairly idols and delightful pandals.

’The theme is coronary heart wrenching. It reminds us concerning the evils in our society. The organisers confirmed their social accountability by way of the theme,’’ mentioned Sayantika Banerjee, one of many guests. Elaborating on what impressed him to pick out the theme, artist Papai Santra mentioned, ‘’The girlfriend of a good friend’s brother had suffered such an assault. Despite his mother and father’ objection, the man married her. In final 12 months’s puja, a daughter was born to them. I owe the thought and the inspiration to them.’

Tarun Sangha in Dum Dum Park has ship out a message of social concord. The theme of the pandal is a journey, which united all fellow travellers for that size of time, regardless of caste, creed, social standing or the vacation spot they’re heading for. 

KOLKATA:  Cloudy sky and spells of downpour in Kolkata and its adjoining districts dampened the festive temper of pandal hoppers on Saptami on Sunday. Worse, the meteorological division has predicted rainfall until October 4, Nabami, with heavy rain more likely to place in some districts. Braving the overcast sky, some Puja revellers thronged the streets of Kolkata from the morning to keep away from huge crowd at evening. However, they had been dissatisfied as sporadic rain drenched the town. 

“After Covid-19 within the final two years, footfall in all main puja pandals is more likely to be enormous this 12 months. There can be enormous crowd after night and visiting in style pujas can be powerful. So we left house within the morning. But our plan didn’t work as we received stranded due to rain,’’ mentioned Mousumi Karmakar, who took refuge underneath the shed of a bus cease when she was heading to a pandal in south Kolkata.

Festive temper returned to Bengal and Kolkata after two years as strict restrictions had been imposed on the largest pageant due to pandemic. This 12 months, Puja organisers showcased their theme-based creativity, starting from plight of acid-attack victims to social concord and equality.

Visitors skilled a sobering second as they stepped into the pandal of Santoshpur Avenue South Club, which mirrored the ache of acid assault victims. The organisers determined to showcase such a stark slice of actuality because the assault on ladies had been nudging them to suppose past vibrant lights, fairly idols and delightful pandals.

’The theme is coronary heart wrenching. It reminds us concerning the evils in our society. The organisers confirmed their social accountability by way of the theme,’’ mentioned Sayantika Banerjee, one of many guests. Elaborating on what impressed him to pick out the theme, artist Papai Santra mentioned, ‘’The girlfriend of a good friend’s brother had suffered such an assault. Despite his mother and father’ objection, the man married her. In final 12 months’s puja, a daughter was born to them. I owe the thought and the inspiration to them.’

Tarun Sangha in Dum Dum Park has ship out a message of social concord. The theme of the pandal is a journey, which united all fellow travellers for that size of time, regardless of caste, creed, social standing or the vacation spot they’re heading for.