Theme Durga Puja 2013 Of Suruchi Sangha

'A piece of Bengal' is the theme of Suruchi Sangha's Durga puja this
year. Theme-maker Subrata Bandyopadhyay is creating the puja pandal
for three years consecutively. Suruchi Sangha has represented the
theme of Kashmir, Manipur and Goa earlier. But this year, they
intended to return to Bengal to depict the social and cultural
richness, heritage and traditions of Bangla.

Bengal's folk tales are being told here in the form of 'aat chala'.
Famous industry of Shantiniketan - jafri of leather, beni of jute,
fabrics of hay, art work of cane, pillar of terracotta of Bankura, mat
industry of Medinipur, Khagrai industry of Murshidabad, Katha Stich,
art work of sola etc are being used to decorate inside and outside of
the puja pandal.The autumnal Catkin (কাশফুল), Champak tree, Shiuli
(শিউলি) tree would be there along with drummers (ঢাকি) room made by
leaves of 'Sedge' (হোগলা). Tea and pineapples of north Bengal's rough
areas has been made here. 40 year's old tea plants would be seen here.
Moreover, mangrove forests of Sundarban, Bauls of Birbhum, boats, ননীর
পুতুল would be here to entertain viewers. The entrance of the pandal
will be in the form of fish and the exit will be in the form of
'একতারা' ।

The idol would be 'একচালা' made by clay and it would be kept inside a
'কুলো'। The idol is 11 feet high and 14 feet wide. LED lights would
be used here.

Theme song of this puja is: "বাংলা আমার মা"। Lyrics - Chandrani
Gangopadhyay & Kaji Kamal Naser. Comoser - Jit Gangopadhyay. Singers
- Shaan & Shreya Ghoshal.

--
A. B.

Comments

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

Highest Jagadhatri Idol Of Chandannagar : Fatakgora

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

Kripamoyee Kali Mandir Of Baranagar

Kripamoyee Kali Mandir of Baranagar, popularly known as Joy Mitra Kali Bari, is situated on the bank of river Hooghly at Baranagar of Kolkata. Baranagar is a very old place, more than 500 years ago this place was existed. Famous zaminder Joyram Mitra of Sovabazar established this temple in mid-April of the year 1851. He bought about 3 bighas land at Baranagar from some James saheb and established the temple there similar to Brahmamoyee Kali temple of Mulajor of Shyamnagar.The goddess here is Dakshina Kali (দক্ষিণা কালী). If you walk from 'Kuthi ghat' of Baranagar river bank a few steps ahead, you'll reach to the temple - 171 years old this temple is situated by the side of Hara Kumar Thakur Strand. Twelve temples of lord Shiva are there beside the main temple. The array and formation of these Shiva mandirs are very innovative. Ramakrishna Paramahansa dev used to visit this temple frequently. This temple was erected as 'Navratna' art. But it is not the formal slop

Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Search This Blog