Kumartuli or Kumortuli is located in the northern part of the city of Kolkata . The locality is a traditional habitat of the potters for nearly three hundred years. The potters or the artisans or the artists settled here during the restructuring of the Kolkata colonial region by the British East India Company . Earning a livelihood by making earthen pots and utensils first they gradually shifted to the making of the idols of Gods and Goddesses for various festivals round the year. With increasing demand and quality of their creations over time the artisans became famous and Kumartuli came to be known as the hub of idol makers supplying thousands of idols, particularly of Goddess Durga , to whole of the state of West Bengal and to NRIs of around 90 countries across the globe. At least three months before Durga Puja , the biggest festival of West Bengal and one of the biggest across Eastern India, more than five hundred workshops come alive with hyper activity day and night. Fir...
Ganapati Festival on the occasion of Lord's Ganesha's Birthday is being celebrated from today in Mumbai and Maharashtra. This 10 day festival begins on the fourth day of the new moon lunar cycle. Worshiped both publicly and at homes across the state this festival is celebrated from 1/2 day to the full ten days. On the 11th day idols are immersed in a big way. Depending on the days of celebration immersions take place almost every day. To check pollution in the seas the municipal corporation of Mumbai has kept ready many artificial ponds.
Many idols are being conceptualized on the running themes of drought, swine flu and others.
Meantime the Jaswant Singh book controversy still rages on in India. Somebody criticizes and praises dead persons and people are opposed to both! What kind of democracy we are living in?
More interestingly, this constrained freedom of expression inspires lot more writers to express themselves better!
Beware authors! Book writing in India is immensely dangerous!
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