West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Saturday (September 20, 2025) started Durga Puja pandal inauguration for 2025 astatine Tala Prattoy successful northbound Kolkata. She is acceptable to inaugurate implicit 3,000 pandals successful the adjacent 5 days crossed the State.
To people 100 years of the Tala Prattoy Durga Puja, Ms. Banerjee visited the pandal successful the locality, on with Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma. The taxable for the pandal is “Beej Angan” — seeds successful the courtyard — a tiny portion (seed) holding the imaginable for the opening of a caller generation. Celebrated creator Bhabatosh Sutar, who brought to beingness the theme, was contiguous astatine the event.
Ms. Banerjee chose this taxable and wrote a opus connected it, which is sung by West Bengal Minister of State for Tourism and Information and Cultural Affairs Indranil Sen.
“Back successful the day, we utilized to person galore Durga Puja songs sung successful Bengali; we utilized to look guardant to it. Now the respect for Bengali songs is declining. Bengal is our motherland. We are present arsenic Indian citizens due to the fact that of Bengal,” Ms. Banerjee said portion addressing the gathering astatine the pandal.
CM calls for unity
Even arsenic Kolkata and galore different parts of southbound Bengal continued to witnesser dense rains since Friday (September 19), Ms. Banerjee raised concerns astir the adverse upwind conditions during the biggest Bengali festival of the year.
Later successful the evening, Ms. Banerjee visited Sreebhumi Sporting Club’s Durga Puja pandal connected Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. This pandal, headed by the State Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Bose, is 1 of the biggest themed pandals successful Kolkata. The CM besides inaugurated the Hatibagan Sorbojanin pandal successful northbound Kolkata.
“Speaking Bengali should not invitation occupation for people. Bengali migrant labourers spell extracurricular due to the fact that they are successful request for their skills. Everybody has antithetic skills... But unity successful diverseness is our philosophy. Let america walk this clip of the festival successful harmony with everyone,” said Ms. Banerjee. She called for unity among divers communities and wished radical for Durga Puja and Navratri.
Preview of apical 24 themed pandals
Organised by massArt, the Tala Prattoy lawsuit volition connection a preview of apical 24 themed Durga Puja pandals crossed Kolkata for radical who privation to debar highest unreserved during the 5-day festivities. Many overseas dignitaries from crossed the satellite predominant this preview show, particularly aft the solemnisation was accorded the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) intangible practice tag a fewer years ago.
The massArt show, which offers a preview of apical 24 themed Durga Puja pandals crossed Kolkata for radical who privation to debar highest unreserved during the 5-day festivities, is being inaugurated connected September 20, 2025 | Photo Credit: Debashish Bhaduri
The 4th variation of the massArt preview amusement of Durga Puja creation started connected Thursday (September 18, 2025) successful the beingness of Tim Curtis, Director, UNESCO South Asian Regional Office; Firhad Hakim, Kolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor and Minister of Urban Development; Minister Indranil Sen; and Dhrubajyoti Bose Suvo, secretary, massArt, among others.
“This year, the massArt amusement is each astir accessibility. All the 24 pandals volition beryllium accessible to elder citizens and persons with peculiar abilities. This is the largest nationalist creation festival successful the world; it is simply a multi-crore manufacture which is important for artists and pujas alike,” Mr. Suvo told The Hindu. He besides pointed retired that specified exhibitions and previews volition assistance presumption Durga Puja successful the planetary creation market.
