Biswajit Dawn Puja Committee Joint Secretary said, “We are calling Kolkata’s heritage puja with traditional aspects, the theme of this year is called “Adir Ahwan”.

“Reflecting on old ‘Bonediyana’ with new generation puja and also giving respect, love, happiness, and feelings recalling is ‘Adir Ahwan’ idol artist Mintu Paul, Prafulla Rana, Pandal Artist Sudipto Kundu Chowdhury, ” he said

This year Maha Shashti fell on October 1 and Vijaya Dashami is on October 5. Like every year Kolkata is seeing some unique and new puja themes this year as well.

The Naktala Udayan Sangha’s Durga Puja pandal has followed the theme ‘Mota Kapor’ this year, bringing up narratives of women who settled in the city after partition and earned their living by sewing clothes.

This Puja pandal portrays the stories of these women through pictures sewn on pieces of cloth.