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Dignitaries of Kolkata enjoying dance performance at Red road carnival. Durga Puja is mainly celebrated for 5 days - Shashti, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami and Vijaya Dashami. But the festive mood around Durga Puja in Kolkata starts before Shashti, mainly from Mahalaya. Durga Puja pandals are opened to the public from the day of Mahalaya.
"Asian Paints Sharad Shamman" was started in 1985 as a means for awarding the best decorated puja pandal during Durga Puja in Kolkata.Sharad means "Autumn (as the festival takes place at that season)" and Shamman means "Award/Respect", and was sponsored by Asian Paints, hence the name Asian Paints Sharad Shamman.
Traditional Durga [1] A Durga puja pandal Characteristic neon light images glow as late night revellers throng the streets of Kolkata during Durga Puja. Durga Puja, held in September–October, is the biggest and most important festival of West Bengal as well as of Kolkata. It marks the victory of ten-armed goddess Durga over the buffalo demon ...
Two theme-based pandals in Kolkata. Months before the start of Durga Puja, youth members of the community collect funds and donations, engage priests and artisans, buy votive materials and help build pandal s centered around a theme, which has rose to prominence in recent years.
as a small celebration in a shop [1] and has grown into one of Kolkata's largest & biggest Durga Puja celebrations, attended by celebrities, industrialists, politicians and foreign diplomats. [2] Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Pujo 2019. The Durga Puja is held near the intersection of Vivekananda Road and Amherst Street. [2]
Every year, the Kolkata-based celebrities including the Tollywood actresses engage in Sindur Khela at the Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty puja pandal in north central Kolkata. [14] Sindur Khela is a colourful, vibrant and spectacular ritual and so it has been the focus of Indian films. [8]
Kali Puja (ISO: Kālī Pūjā), also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, [1] is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali.It is celebrated on the new moon day (Dipannita Amavasya) of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwayuja (according to the amanta tradition) or Kartika (according to the purnimanta tradition).
Every year its main attraction is the Puja Torana (Pandal) and the Mela. The Pandal is decorated as a famous monument in 2011 it was a miniature of US Capitol Building, United States. This year, it is Lalitha Mahal, Mysore. From the year 2000 it has been a tradition to decorate the torana as a special infrastructure. [48]