KOLKATA: Menstrual hygiene will be the theme of a North Kolkata Durga Puja This year. Pathuriaghata Pancher Palli Sarbojanin Durgotsab announced the theme while launching its banner on Sunday on the occasion of International Menstrual Hygiene Day. This is the 84th year of the puja.
Ellora Saha, councilor of ward 24 and secretary of the puja committee, is the key person behind this idea. “It is high time to break the taboos and the first step will be to bring these issues to the forefront,” she said.
The banner launching ceremony was called “Ebar abagunthon kholo” (now is the time to remove the veil). The title of the puja theme is “Ritumati”.
Sobhan Mukherjee, who is popular as Kolkata’s ‘padman’ working on creating awareness about menstrual hygiene, said, “This will set a new trend in the city’s Durga Puja history.” »
“Our puja pandal will be based on art installations such as paintings, models and graphics that will focus on hygiene during menstrual cycles,” said Manash Roy, creator of the puja theme. The idol maker is Sanatan Paul from Kumartuli, who will shape the idols according to the central theme.
Singer Siddhartha Ray, popularly known as Sidhu, will create the theme music for the puja. “Although I am popular as a singer, I completed my MBBS degree from Kolkata. It is a very ambitious project that concerns health issues and music, both of which are linked in some way another to my training and my recent profession,” he said.
Ellora Saha, councilor of ward 24 and secretary of the puja committee, is the key person behind this idea. “It is high time to break the taboos and the first step will be to bring these issues to the forefront,” she said.
The banner launching ceremony was called “Ebar abagunthon kholo” (now is the time to remove the veil). The title of the puja theme is “Ritumati”.
Sobhan Mukherjee, who is popular as Kolkata’s ‘padman’ working on creating awareness about menstrual hygiene, said, “This will set a new trend in the city’s Durga Puja history.” »
“Our puja pandal will be based on art installations such as paintings, models and graphics that will focus on hygiene during menstrual cycles,” said Manash Roy, creator of the puja theme. The idol maker is Sanatan Paul from Kumartuli, who will shape the idols according to the central theme.
Singer Siddhartha Ray, popularly known as Sidhu, will create the theme music for the puja. “Although I am popular as a singer, I completed my MBBS degree from Kolkata. It is a very ambitious project that concerns health issues and music, both of which are linked in some way another to my training and my recent profession,” he said.