In pics: Crowd of devotees in north Kolkata houses on Annakut or Govardhan Puja
Large variety of vegetarian food offered to Lord Krishna as a mark of gratitude
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Published 14.11.23, 09:55 PM
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Members of a family in north Kolkata’s Madan Mohantola shower rice grains on devotees waiting on the road on the occasion of Annakut Puja on Tuesday. Govardhan Puja, also known as Annakut or Annakoot Puja, is a Hindu festival celebrated on the first lunar day of the bright fortnight of the Kartik month, on the fourth day of Diwali
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A family members holds aloft an idol of Lord Krishna or Gopal on the occasion. The puja here dates back to 1760
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Another fistful of rice goes for the Krishna devotees
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Mostly women devotees jostle with each other as they spread out ‘gamchhas’ to catch the rice thrown from the balcony above at Madan Mohantola
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The deities being worshipped at the Annakut Utsab in the Bhattacharya family house in Bagbazar on Tuesday
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Women takes snapshots of the main ‘prasad’ being mixed by a priest at the Bagbazar house
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The delectable vegetarian spread for the deities at the Bhattacharya house
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The idol of Lord Krishna at Naba Brindabon in north Kolkata on Tuesday and (right) the lavish spread of ‘prasad’ neatly arranged for the deity at the Govardhan Puja, which dates back to almost 400 years. It is believed that a large variety of vegetarian food be offered to Krishna as a mark of gratitude
