Picks of the Day

Puppet making workshop, vector control drive and more news in pictures from Kolkata

A quick look at the day that was for Kolkata

By My Kolkata Web Desk | Published 14.09.23, 07:06 PM

A four-day puppet-making workshop and exhibition began at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala on Thursday. It will conclude on September 17

Arnab Dutta

Puja organisers carry an idol of Vishwakarma at Kumartuli on Thursday. Vishwakarma Puja will be celebrated on September 18

Arnab Dutta

People purchase kites from a Sealdah outlet ahead of Vishwakarma Puja. There is a tradition of kite flying associated with Vishwakarma Puja. Vishwakarma Puja is celebrated on ‘kanya sankranti’ according to the Hindu almanac. It is primarily observed in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha and Tripura

Soumyajit Dey

Kolkata Municipal Corporation workers held a vector control drive across the city on Thursday amid rising cases of dengue

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