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Top Jagaddhatri Pujas in Chandannagar to get Biswa Bangla Puraskar

Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government will award 10 Jagaddhatri Puja Committees at Chandannagar in Hooghly, with Biswa Bangla Puraskar.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that 10 Jagaddhatri Puja Committees in Chandannagar will be getting the Biswa Bangla Puraskar. Banerjee made the announcement while addressing a gathering after visiting the Puja pandal at Palpara in Chandannagar on Friday afternoon. She also offered puspanjali to Goddess Jagaddhatri at the pandal.

Banerjee said: "I visit many Puja pandals in and around Kolkata during Durga Puja. I also visit Chandannagar during Jagaddhatri Puja. The artwork of pandals here can beat Kolkata. We give Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman for Durga Puja and from now on, there will be Biswa Bangla Puraskar for Jagaddhatri Puja in Chandannagar."

"There will be a committee headed by the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police to select the 10 best Jagaddhatri Puja organisers, who will be getting the Biswa Bangla Puraskar. There will also be four to five eminent people from the area in the committee. The committee will be selecting the 10 Puja committees that will be getting the Biswa Bangla Puraskar," Banerjee said, adding that Chandannagar is well known for Jagaddhatri Puja.

Jagaddhatri Puja is performed all across the state, including Kolkata. But Chandannagar has its own charisma in this regard as Krishnanagar is famous for its Rash Jatra.

Appreciating the world famous lighting arrangements of Chandannagar, the Chief Minister said: "The lighting of Chandannagar is unique and it seems that something is missing if there is no lightning in Chandannagar."

She said that the carnival with idols of Goddess Jagaddhatri during immersion on Grand Strand at Chandannagar, along with processions of which decorative lighting is a major part, is also a unique affair and it had given her the idea of organising the Durga Puja carnival on Red Road.

"Here I found that preparation for the carnival that will take place on the day of immersion has already started. I would like to urge the Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata to follow the same and to start the preparation for the carnival a bit earlier," she said.

She also announced that steps would be taken to give a facelift to Chandannagar Stadium. "On way to the Puja pandal I found that Chandannagar Stadium looks a bit old. So, I called up the state Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Firhad Hakim, who looks after the Rajya Sabha's MPLAD fund, to ensure a sanction of Rs 25 lakh to revamp the stadium," Banerjee said, adding that she wants people to enjoy the benefits of the development works and projects. Banerjee also spread the message of communal harmony while addressing the gathering, saying that it is the tradition and culture of the state.

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