Arrival of the Mother

Back with a bang......here we go....Puja's again. After three days of incessant rain Kolkata is back with the Puja vigour. I can smell the celebrations already....did that for the past few weeks though. The day before yesterday was Mahalaya...coming of the mother to her maternal home. This is a short journey but we await her arrival throughout the year since the time she is immersed on "Dashami" of one particular year.

Yesterday I got the scope of visiting the hub of Idol makers. The place is named Kumartuli. This is where all the Durga idols are created. The last time I visited the idols were being made, but yesterday I saw some complete graven images and of course many that were being painted. Oh what beautiful eyes...I could not take my eyes off them. I wonder with time this ceremony and festival will take an enormous form. This again depends on the mind set of the youth who will take over the future.

Coming are the days of celebration and all are preparing in their own way. Starting from the shopping to deciding what to wear which day, which day to go for pandal hopping, which day for a pujo adda, which day for a restaurant visit and which day for a Hilsa treat. Some will definitely prefer every day of the puja's incorporating all the preceding events. I know one personally. :) Bengali's love to enjoy and this is the right season for it.

So get geared up for the titanic celebrations and wake up to the sound of "Dhaak"