My KOLKATA BLOG

Ghetu Puja will perform on Phalguni sangkranti, the day is also called Ghetu sankranti which is falling this year on 14 March, Friday. Ghetu flowers are blooming vastly across Bengal. A few years ago childrens of rural Bengal used to sing Ghetu gaan (song) in evening. But nowadays this custom is almost became obsolete. These pictures are of ghetu flowers, the pics were taken on 28 February this year.

In the year 1857, on this day (4 March) the first exhibition of photographs of Photographic Society Of Bengal was held at Town Hall of Calcutta (now Kolkata). In the year 1856 an organisation named Bengal Photographic Society was formed by some photographers in Kolkata. Their main aim was to support and promote photography and pave the way for exhibition of photographs. In March 1857, the first exhibition of 460 photographs was held at Town Hall of Kolkata - it was 4th March. The exhibition was a huge success. 

 1 March of this year is the 143rd birthday of Bengali poet Kumud Ranjan Mullick who was one of the prominent contemporary poet of Rabindranath Tagore. The first picture of this post is the house of poet Kumud Ranjan, situated on the bank of river Ajoy at village Kogram under Mangalkote block in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. The last picture is  the portrait of poet himself.  The poet Kumud Ranjan was born in this house. This Kogram village is located near Natunhat bus stand. Nobody is living in this house now, only the caretaker is  there to take care. But, tourists are visiting this house frequently. 'Madhukar' (means bee) is the name of this house.