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As Kolkata braces up for Durga Puja, glimpses of Bonedi Baris (aristocratic families) are heart-warming
Durga Puja
GIRISH PARK SHYAMAL DHON DUTTA BARI

As Kolkata braces up for Durga Puja, glimpses of Bonedi Baris (aristocratic families) are heart-warming

| @indiablooms | 04 Oct 2024, 04:42 pm

The autumn air is replete with the festive fervour of Durga Puja, Bengal’s biggest festival. However, this year it is not the same in Kolkata and Bengal with the brutal RG Kar Hospital incident and the unprecedented protests and cry for justice that followed overshadowing the festive spirit.

GIRISH PARK SHYAMAL DHON DUTTA BARI GIRISH PARK SHYAMAL DHON DUTTA BARI

GIRISH PARK SHYAMAL DHON DUTTA BARI GIRISH PARK SHYAMAL DHON DUTTA BARI

However, preparations are as usual and while the big and famous venues  known as  barowari or community  pujas dominate the scene to pay obeisance to the Shakti Goddess, the old and historical venues too have continued to hold forth with their hundreds of years’s existence. 

GIRISH PARK RAJKRISHNA MITRAR BARI GIRISH PARK RAJKRISHNA MITRAR BARI

GIRISH PARK RAJKRISHNA MITRAR BARI GIRISH PARK RAJKRISHNA MITRAR BARI

GIRISH PARK SHYAMAL DHON DUTTA BARI GIRISH PARK SHYAMAL DHON DUTTA BARI

Lensman Avishek Mitra captures glimpses of pre-puja portraits of two north Kolkata family pujas- Girish Park Shymal Dhan Dutta Bari and Girish Park Raj Krishna Mitra Bari. The latter has come up with an elaborate alpona, the Bengali folk art design on the floor consisting of motifs, patterns, and symbols.

Images by Avishek Mitra

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