In pictures: Durga Puja Carnival tableaux on Red Road portray Bengal’s best
Prosenjit Chatterjee, Leander Paes, June Maliah, Rituparna Sengupta & Dev Adhikari amid celebrities beside Mamata Banerjee
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My Kolkata Web Desk |
Published 28.10.23, 01:23 PM
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Tableau after tableau carrying idols of goddess Durga and her children approached the main pavilion on Red Road, while most performers
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Suddenly, this Ma Durga was spotted riding a hand-pulled rickshaw down Red Road in all her finery
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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee stood up and acknowledged almost every Durga Puja committee tableau passing by the main pavilion
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This group of foreign dancers surely caught everyone’s attention
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Minister Aroop Biswas carried an adorable girl dressed as chief minister Mamata Banerjee from Red Road to the main pavilion and back
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Mamata Banerjee called upon several little girls from among the performers on Red Road and lavished praise on them. Celebrities such as Prosenjit ‘Bumba’ Chatterjee, June Maliah, Rituparna Sengupta and Dev Adhikari joined in
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The modes of transport that Ma Durga used to arrive on Red Road varied from trailer trucks to palanquins carried by bearers
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Some of the lasting impressions from the 2023 version of the Durga Puja Carnival, marking the culmination of the autumnal festivities
