India Today – October 08, 2018

Celebrate

IN STYLE

The ultimate guide to celebrating in Kolkata this season

byMalini Banerjee

cover story

T

O MANY, DURGA PUJA
in Kolkata has come to
mean wading through traf-
ic to get to the pandals teeming
with people. But in another part of
Kolkata, pujas are all about tradi-
tions that are nearly centuries old.
Puja festivities in family homes

have an intimacy that is missing in

the Baraowari Pujo (public funded

pujas).

Calcutta Walks, one of the irst com-

panies to host city walks in Kolkata

hosts a Bonedi Bari Pujo walk every

year. They take tourists to a select

few of these iconic home pujas

where one can watch the festivities

up close while being regaled with

stories of their origin and vignettes

of their past. “There is a saying about

how goddess Durga comes to wear

her jewellery in Jorasanko Dawn

house. The family was known to

Worship Walk

BONEDI BARI PUJO WALK

Photographs by

ANIRBAN DUTTA

4 INDIA TODAY KOLKATA ✦ OCTOBER 2018