Kolkata: Nabapally Sarbojanin Sree Sree Shyama Puja committee in Barasat has come up with a unique concept of propagating world peace through its Kali Puja celebrations.
This year, through its theme, they are trying to portray that at a time where religious intolerance, violence, discrimination and hate politics have taken the centre stage and the country is bleeding, a divine force must appear and restore and regenerate the country.
The Nabapally Sarbojanin Sree Sree Shyama Puja committee will worship Maa Kali, seeking power from her divine spirit to fight injustice and oppression prevalent in our society.
In its 39th year, the FIFA World Cup in Russia would be replicated inside the Puja pandal, hoping to attract large crowds to Barasat, assume the organisers. Barasat, the district head quarter of North 24-Parganas, has an old tradition of hosting Kali Puja in a grand manner.
The Puja committee will present a miniature of football stadium and some models of players inside the pandal. As and when a visitor will step into the Puja pandal, he/she will get a similar feel of the ambience at the football stadium in Russia.
According to a member of the Puja committee, World Cup has been selected as the theme as it is one of best platforms to promote world peace.
A large number of people come from various parts of the world and congregate inside a stadium to watch a football match. There could not be a better endorsement of world peace other than celebrating the Puja through a grand event like soccer, an organiser said.
The Puja pandal is being constructed at a ground situated close to Colony More area on National Highway 34. The construction work began four months ago and as many as 100 workers have worked hard to set up the pandal, which is 160 feet in height and 108 feet in width. Light fittings will be coming from Chandannagar.
The idol of Maa Kali is coming from Krishnanagar. The pandal will be made of ply wood, fiber, silk thread and plaster of paris.
Puja committee Secretary Champak Das said: "We are trying to send across a message of World peace and Kali Puja could be the biggest platform in this regard."