A priest offers prayers (above) as men haul a ‘chhot’ boat (below) that was rebuilt on the banks of the Rupnarayan in Howrah, during its inauguration on November 10, Thursday. The once-lost sea-faring boat of Bengal was recreated using century-old technology in an initiative by anthropologist Swarup Bhattacharyya, funded by British Museum’s Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
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