Kolkata all set for Ganesh Chaturthi, khadi fair and more news in pictures

September 6 proved hectic for Kolkatans busy making the final round of preparations for the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival that begins on Saturday. (Clockwise from top left) A couple takes an idol of the elephant-headed god from Kumartuli, a woman performs a pre-puja ritual before taking an idol to their house and a 5-feet high Ganesha idol made by Soma Rakshit at Nutun Bazar in Burrabazar on Friday

(Top) Goethe-Institut, Kolkata and Botanical Survey of India have organised a ‘Travelling Plants’ exhibition at the Indian Museum to explore the profound impact plants have had on our history, cultures, and the very fabric of life on earth and (above) Katharina Gorgen, director, Goethe Institute/ Max Muller Bhavan Chennai, Astrid Wega, director, Goethe Institute/ Max Muller Bhavan Kolkata, Manas Bhowmick, scientist Botanical Survey of India, Arijit Datta Choudhury, director, Indian Museum, and Sayon Bhattacharya at the inaugural event on Friday evening

RVNL workers busy at Shyakrapara Lane in Bowbazar, where water started entering the Metro tunnel underground during construction

Nadia District Khadi Fair was inaugurated at Krishnanagar on September 6. Various textiles and small products are on display till September 17. An exhibition hall has been set up at the fair where visitors can see how yarn is spun out of cotton on a spinning wheel

Nuns from the Missionaries of Charity paid tribute to Mother Teresa on her 27th death anniversary. Special prayers were conducted at the Mother House on AJC Bose Road on September 5