{"id":40857,"date":"2024-08-07T17:41:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/2024\/08\/07\/kolkatas-21-palli-ballygunge-performs-khunti-puja-as-a-run-up-to-the-durga-puja-festivities\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:11:33","slug":"kolkatas-21-palli-ballygunge-performs-khunti-puja-as-a-run-up-to-the-durga-puja-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/2024\/08\/07\/kolkatas-21-palli-ballygunge-performs-khunti-puja-as-a-run-up-to-the-durga-puja-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolkata\u2019s 21 Palli Ballygunge performs Khunti Puja as a run up to the Durga puja festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] August 7 :<\/strong> Durga Puja in Kolkata is \u00a0synonymous \u00a0with Ballygunge 21 Pally Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samiti.<\/p>\n<p>Khunthi Puja is a centuries-old \u00a0traditional form of \u00a0autumnal ritual which marks the advent of Durga Puja. \u00a0The \u00a0\u201ckathamo\u201d or \u00a0wooden \u00a0frame is customary ritual before \u00a0putting up \u00a0of the Durga Puja Pandals.<\/p>\n<p>This year with the blessing of \u00a0the Goddess Durga, Ballygunge21 Pally Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samiti, \u00a0Khunthi Puja, was \u00a0performed \u00a0on the auspicious day of \u00a04thof \u00a0August 2024 at the Puja pandal. \u00a0The \u00a0day \u00a0concluded \u00a0with the spectacular presence of little students of Miranda House dressed up as \u00a0\u201cAmbani family\u201d members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDurga Puja is a festival close to the heart of every Calcuttan. There can be no better way to celebrate Maa\u2019s coming than a Khunti Puja. Today\u2019s kids get such lovely opportunities to participate in events like these. These events not only boosts their confidence but also give them a lovely platform to showcase their talent. Our kids are delighted, in fact more than them, it is their parents who are excited,\u201d Shubbi Tandon, Coordinator, Miranda House.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/028801-Image-2-August-7-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/028801-Image-2-August-7-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pnn.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/028801-Image-2-August-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pnn.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/028801-Image-2-August-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pnn.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/028801-Image-2-August-7-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pnn.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/028801-Image-2-August-7-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pnn.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/028801-Image-2-August-7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Founders of \u00a0Goomti (a promising phygital startup from Kolkata, which focuses on design and aesthetics for homes, hotels, and offices) Prasenjeet Mukherjee and Jayeta Mukherjee were delighted to be part of this \u00a0event.<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to be part of this grand celebration! Thank you for including us in this special occasion said \u00a0Ekta Binjrajka from Country Harvest \u2013 We bake Happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Kuntal Chatterjee \u00a0of \u00a0Dactar Babu (Online Doctor Booking App) wished \u00a0everybody \u00a0a \u00a0Happy and Healthy future.<\/p>\n<p>Jai Maa Durga !!<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any objection to this press release content, kindly contact pr.error.rectification@gmail.com to notify us. We will respond and rectify the situation in the next 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] August 7 : Durga Puja in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,57],"tags":[1315],"class_list":["post-40857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-lifestyle","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}