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Pandal hopping, great food, and more: 5 reasons to visit Kolkata during Durga Puja

Asian News International, New Delhi | By
Sep 27, 2017 04:49 PM IST

The pandals, the gigantic assortment of pujas, the special food, and in particular the irrepressible soul of a regular Kolkatan during Puja, is incredible.

Kolkata truly comes alive during Durga Puja. The frenzy - inarguably difficult to find in anywhere else - is exemplary. The pandals, the gigantic assortment of pujas, skilled aesthetics at a show, the overpowering nourishment, and in particular the irrepressible soul of a regular Kolkatan amid the pooja days of the extraordinary festival of the goddess Durga, is incredible. Cleartrip.com has brought together five top reasons to travel to Kolkata during the Durga Puja season:

Durga Puja is celebrated with great fervour in Kolkata.(Subhendu Ghosh/HT Photo)
Durga Puja is celebrated with great fervour in Kolkata.(Subhendu Ghosh/HT Photo)

1) Pandal hopping

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Pandal hopping remains an endless and most loved activity for Kolkatans amid the jubilee. Gatherings of school or school kids, couples, families or sightseers find delight in pandals. Obviously, the nature of Durga Puja has changed since some time and the present Puja is as much about mingling and having a ton of fun as it is tied in with bowing to the Mother Goddess.

Pandal hopping is a favourite activity for locals. (HT photo)
Pandal hopping is a favourite activity for locals. (HT photo)

2) Theme-based Puja

Theme-based Pujas are integral to the festivals in Kolkata. Come October, and the City of Joy changes into an excellent and enchanted place where the merry soul meets group holding making space for adoration, bliss, and satisfaction to celebrate Durga Puja. Kolkata is an unquestionable requirement visit amid this time since it turns into a fall party where individuals from diverse backgrounds who overlook their disparities lounge in the grandness of the festivities.

3) Food

Kolkata is a foodie’s heaven and particularly amid the pujas, the city overflows with irrepressible vitality onto the boulevards, swallowing down puchkaas, chat, Moghlai, egg rolls, and chowmien. It’s not hard to see long lines outside roadside, diners, and eateries. One needs to sit tight for extended periods to get his or her most loved puchhkas outside the pandals. Kolkata transforms into a food paradise amid the pujas.

People’s cheeriness is infectious. (Arun Sharma/HT photo)
People’s cheeriness is infectious. (Arun Sharma/HT photo)

4) People’s mood

The local folks’ vitality amid Durga Puja is essentially supreme. The tremendous burst of vitality out onto the lanes is irresistible. The city wakes up amid the jubilee. It is also an event for individuals to meet up from various parts of the nation and even the world for a period when the chief topic is satisfaction for all and a positive attitude for everybody is in the air.

5) Dashami

The tenth day of the Durga Puja celebration is called Dashami; it is trusted that on this day, Goddess Durga picked up triumph over the Demon and therefore re-established the cosmos on the earth. It is otherwise called Vijayadashami. On this day, Goddess Durga is venerated and offered numerous things as she is set up to take off. Profoundly eager devotees assemble in substantial numbers to join the parade that conveys the Goddess to the ghats to be drenched in water. Ladies, particularly married ones, start the parade by first applying red sindoor or vermillion powder on the Goddess and after that to each other.

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