Pandals and idols in the making and fairs in the city in Puja run-up
In pictures, some events that marked the week that was for Kolkata
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My Kolkata Web Desk |
Published 11.09.22, 02:38 PM
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Students of Saraswati Balika Vidyalaya celebrate Teachers’ Day on Monday, September 5.
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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Pet parents twin with their four-legged children at Mrignayani, the Madhya Pradesh government emporium, in Dakshinapan. So, you can now buy new Puja clothes for your pets too!
Amit Datta/My Kolkata
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With Durga Puja three weeks away, Banglar Tanter Haat at Central Park, Salt Lake, offers a wide array of Bengal’s handlooms to choose from. The fair that began on Wednesday, September 7, will continue till September 28.
Soumyajit Dey/My Kolkata
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Students of Modern High School for Girls take part in a mathematics workshop organised by the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata, on Thursday, September 8.
Birla Industrial &Technological Museum, Kolkata/ Facebook
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An unfinished Durga idol at Kumartuli on Friday, September 9.
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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Artisans busy making bamboo structures that will be used to decorate a puja pandal near Girish Park on Thursday, September 8.
Soumyajit Dey/My Kolkata
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A man offers prayers in front of a portrait of Mother Teresa outside the Missionaries of Charity in Taltala, central Kolkata, on Monday, September 5. The day was Mother Teresa’s 25th death anniversary.
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Chhau dance performance at the inauguration of the Handicrafts and Handloom Utsav 2022 at City Centre II on September 9. The festival is on till September 12. A wide range of handicraft items are on sale at the fair, an initiative by Rural Crafts and Cultural Hubs of West Bengal, Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles, government of West Bengal.
Rural Craft and Cultural Hub/Facebook
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'Utsarga', a voluntary blood donation initiative by Kolkata Police, organised blood donation camps at Shakespeare Sarani police station and TiljalaTraffic Guard. The camps were held by the community policing wing, where 58 police personnel from Shakespeare Sarani and 60 police personnel from Tiljala donated blood.
Kolkata Police/Facebook
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On September 9, assistant Public Affairs officer Matthew Bikoff, US Consulate General Kolkata took a photo walk at Kumartuli checking out Durga idols in the making. He captured the unfinished idols on his phone camera.
