At the Chaltabagan Durga Puja inauguration

With Sudeep Bandhopadhyay and Sadhan Pande

Yesterday evening was the formal inauguration of Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja at the Chaltabagan mandap in Amherst Street. The event was inaugurated by Sudeep Bandhopadhyay, Member of Parliament, from the constituency. Former Governor of West Bengal, Shri M K Narayanan was also there and he presented some of the children with gifts.

Shri Narayanan, when he was the Governor, was a regular at the Chaltabagan Puja and had inaugurated the Dhak Mahotsav also.

With M K Narayanan and Sanjay Budhia

Among the guests who attended the inaugural functions were industrialists H M Bangur and Sanjay Budhia, politicians Sadhan Pande, Nayana Bandhopadhyay, Smita Bakshi and Baishali Dalmia. Among other guests who attended were Usha Uthup, Ipsita Ray Chakraverti and Deepta Chakraverti.

With Nayana Bandhopadhyay, Baishali Dalmia and Smita Bakshi

With Ipsita Roy Chakraverti

This time the theme of Chaltabagan Puja – which is in its 74^th year - is “Icchapuran Mandir”. 

Artisans have worked for months to create brass engravings on wooden panels to form the backdrop of this pandal. Artisans have have more than 100 kilos of brass for desining the 38-feet high pandal.

Chaltabagan has kept up its reputation of presenting new and unique themes each year.

Today evening is the inauguration of another big event Kuchina Dhak Utsav 2016 at the ITC Sonar.

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