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Chaltabagan Durga Puja

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The Manicktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja is a Durga Puja celebration in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1943 by Late Sri Lakhi Chand Jaiswal

Shree Lakhi Chand Jaiswal

as a small celebration in a shop[1] and has grown into one of Kolkata's largest & biggest Durga Puja celebrations, attended by celebrities, industrialists, politicians and foreign diplomats.[2]

Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Pujo 2019

The Durga Puja is held near the intersection of Vivekananda Road and Amherst Street.[2] Environmentalism is a common theme of the Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja, which used a windmill[3] and solar panels to power the lighting.[2]

The committee organizing the Durga Puja is headed by President Late Lakhi Chand Jaiswal and Chairman Sandeep Bhutoria.[1] It has supported various charitable causes, including a donation of 50,000 to disaster relief for victims of Cyclone Aila in 2009[4] and 100,000 towards the relief fund of Governor of West Bengal M. K. Narayanan in 2010.[5]

The Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja has won the Asian Paints Sharad Shamman award for Best Puja in 1997 and for Best Artisan (Nepal Pal and Gouranga Pal) in 2002.[6] In 2010 it was introduced into the True Spirit Puja Hall of Fame.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Debasree Roy unveils Durga puja show". NewsWala. September 3, 2012. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Yengkhom, Sumati (September 15, 2011). "Dream in glass at Chaltabagan". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Gen Y plays judge on pandal tour". The Telegraph. October 10, 2013. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014.
  4. ^ "Puja pick of right spirit". The Telegraph. September 24, 2009. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Potpourri". The Telegraph. October 19, 2012. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014.
  6. ^ "All winners list". Asian Paints. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
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