Preparation Of Durga Puja In Bengal

Asansol:- Court Road Puja Committee pandal this year - Buddha Mandir
of Bangkok. At first layer - plaster of paris, then fibre work.
Terracotta works of Bishnupur will also be there.

Rabindra Nagar Unnayan Samity: Theme of 45th year's Durga puja - Bishnu mandir of Ahmedabad. It will
be made of bamboos from Nagaland. Nagaland theme will also be there.

Radhanagar Athletics Club picked the theme 'Naba Durga' - the 9 images
of goddess Durga.

Burnpur Rasbandh Friends Club decorating their pandal on the basis of
a temple of Kerala.
Hence, the industry belt of Bengal is ready to enjoy the Durga Puja festival.

--
A. B.

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500 Year's Old Nimai Tirtha Ghat - Reminiscences Of Sri Chaitannya Deb

It says that Nimai Sri Chaitannya Deb once came to district Hooghly for the pilgrimage of Tarakeswar. So he bathed in river Ganga on the bathing ghat of Baidyabati. Then had started his journey to Tarakeswar on foot. It took about 12 hours to reach Tarakeswar. Later, the bathing ghat was named on him and now known to all as Nimai Tirtha Ghat. So, the ghat is about 500 year's old. Kabikankan Mukundaram mentioned this ghat in his mangal kabya, about 400 years ago. Raja Harishchandra of Seoraphuly constructed Nistarini Mandir and Bhadrakali Mandir in the year 1827 beside NimaiTirtha Ghat. then, lakhs of pilgrims take bath on river Ganga from this ghat and take holy water, visit Ma Nistarini and Debi Bhadrakali near, then use to go for Tarakeswar on foot to pour that Gangajal on the shiblinga of Baba Taraknath. The pilgrims use to go to Tarakeswar on the month of Shraban (July-August). Pic 1) The gate of Nimai Tirtha Ghat; Pic 2) The pilgrims are taking bath at the said gha

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No other idol of Jagadhatri will compete in regard to height with the idol of Fatakgora (height: 31 feet). -- A. B.

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