Vidhan Bhawan: UP: Maa Durga to carry 4-day spl session at ‘Vidhan Bhawan’ | Lucknow Information
LUCKNOW: Unfold over 13,000 sq ft space, the Durga Puja pandal of Rabindrapalli this 12 months will resemble the majestic Vidhan Bhawan constructing of UP.
“The interiors of the pandal might be adorned with visuals of latest Parliament and pictures of freedom fighters and makers of Structure. Additionally, for the time, the pandal will witness the efficiency of ladies dhakis from Midnapur (West Bengal),” mentioned committee president Sameer Kumar Ghoshal.
Based in 1984 by a railway engineer and Sameer’s father SK Ghoshal, the puja committee is finishing 40 years. The primary puja was organised in Rabindra Bhawan whereby about 50 households participated. “Regularly, it grew to become one of the crucial in style pandals within the metropolis by way of footfall,” he mentioned.
Former president of the committee, Pankaj Bose, mentioned in 1989 the venue was shifted to a park close to Rabindra Bhawan the place it’s being held until day. The committee has fashioned a corpus fund from the donation it receives and makes use of it for organising puja and renovation and building within the space. “About Rs 12 lakh have been used from the fund to assemble a Kali temple in 2011,” Bose added. This 12 months the pandal might be 50ft tall and product of 3000 bamboo logs. Twenty artisans from Midnapur are working for the previous 50 days to finish the work. The price of puja this 12 months is round Rs 35 lakh. For the primary time, a lady, Archana Dutta, has been elected common secretary of the committee. “Just a few ladies used to participate in organising puja until final 12 months, however this 12 months we try to extend their participation. Apart from, wheelchairs might be saved in pandal for aged. Additionally, an ambulance and a group of docs might be there for any emergency,” mentioned Dutta.
