In pics: A lookback at how Kolkata spent Durga Puja
In pics: A lookback at how Kolkata spent Durga Puja
Puja began early and revellers enjoyed every moment of the festival till Dashami and after
My Kolkata Web Desk
Published 29.10.23, 07:07 PM
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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated most of the puja pandals virtually between Mahalaya and Tritiya. Pandal-hoppers were only too happy to begin early
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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Dev and Vidya Balan inaugurated Sreebhumi Sporting Club a day before Mahalaya
Arnab Dutta
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Lights on every street, Kolkata was at her dazzling best
Suvendu Das
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Kolkata witnessed some thoughtful, extravagant and mind-blowing themes in puja pandals. In pictures, Disneyland at Sreebhumi and Abol Tabol at Hatibagan Nabin Pally
Suvendu Das and Arnab Dutta
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Thousands of people were out all night visiting pandals from Panchami to Dashami. Kolkata Traffic Police and Kolkata Police deployed maximum manpower to manage traffic and crowd. In pictures, Mohammad Ali Park and Sreebhumi Sporting Club
Arnab Dutta/My Kolkata
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Many pet parents enjoyed pandal-hopping with their fur babies this year. In pictures, Bidhan Sarani Atlas Club, one of the few pet-friendly pandals
Arnab Dutta and Sannidh Raychaudhuri
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Tollywood actor Prosenjit offers ‘anjali’ at Hazra Park Durgotsab Committee on Ashtami
My Kolkata
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Kumari Puja at Bagbazar Sarbojonin
Ashim Paul
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Intermittent showers on Navami could do little to dampen the enthusiasm of [andal-hoppers. Ot came umbrellas and they marched on. In picture, Chetla Agrani
Soumyajit Dey
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Women took part in ‘sindoor khela’ and ‘dhunuchi naach’ before bidding farewell to Ma Durga on Dashami. In pictures, celebrations at the Mohammad Ali Park puja
Ashim Paul
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Many small puja committees and barir pujos immersed their idol on Dashami
Ashim Paul
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The celebrations drew to a close with the magnificent Durga Puja Carnival on Red Road on Friday
