Kolkata gears up for Puja festivities, KK’s birthday and more
In pictures, some events that marked the week that was for Kolkata.
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My Kolkata Web Desk |
Published 28.08.22, 12:18 PM
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Kidderpore Pally Saradiya Durga Puja members went around the neighbourhood in rickshaws on Sunday, August 21, to invite local residents to take part in the club’s puja festivities.
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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee at an administrative meeting with puja organisers at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday, August 22. She announced that Durga Puja celebrations will begin on September 1 this year with a rally thanking Unesco for including the festival on its list of intangible cultural heritage.
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Fans of singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popular as KK, celebrated his birthday on Tuesday, August 23. The singer passed away after he fell ill during a show at Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata.
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Temple-bell drums on sale at Tiretta Bazar on Tuesday, August 23, ahead of the festive season. These motorised drum bells run on electricity and generate the sound of temple bells and drums.
Suvendu Das
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Bangladesh’s deputy high commissioner in Kolkata, Andalib Ilyas (in white shirt), and others pay homage to the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at a seminar on bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh at Press Club, Kolkata, on Wednesday, August 24.
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Schoolchildren click selfies in front of a mural depicting modern-age Durga at Kumartuli on Thursday, August 25.
Ashim Paul
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Miss India World 2022 Sini Shetty at the launch of the latest Tissot watch in the city on Thursday, August 25.
Ashim Paul
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Students at the grand finale of “Nurturing Young Women in STEM project” at the US consulate on Friday, August 26. The objective of the event was to encourage young women to take up science as a career.
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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly promotes a mobile application for buying and selling gold online in the city on Friday, August 27.
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Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity at a prayer session on the 112th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa at Mother House on AJC Bose Road on Friday, August 26.
