Even as bleary-eyed Kolkatans woke up to listen to Birendra Krishna Bhadra’s rendition of ‘Mahisasuramardini’ on Mahalaya, which marks the beginning of Devipaksha, thousands of people headed to the ghats along the Hooghly to offer ‘tarpan’ (obeisance) to their ancestors on Saturday morning
Ashim PaulAround 6.30 on Saturday morning, Kalighat was the first stop for a garlanded Vidya Balan, the Bollywood actress who arrived in Kolkata on Friday evening ahead of Durga Puja celebrations in the city. The ‘Neeyat’ actress, who had shot extensively in Kolkata for her film ‘Kahaani’, is scheduled to visit some puja pandals on Saturday night
Arnab DuttaHaving woken up early, the My Kolkata team could not resist from not taking a quick spin around the Victoria Memorial Hall and the Maidan to breathe in fresh air on a bright and sunny Saturday morning, to be followed by a quick breakfast of mouth-watering hing kachoris and jalebis at a south Kolkata joint
Pooja MitraThe Tridhara Durga Puja committee members took out a colourful ‘prabhat pheri’ (morning procession) from their puja pandal along Rashbehari Avenue, Gariahat, Golpark and Southern Avenue on Mahalaya on Saturday
Suvendu Das