Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the traditional Dholabanga, and a few days later. This time the potter is busy making idol idols. You can also visit the Kumartuli of Kolkata.
After the victory of the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the British East India Company concentrated on expanding the colonial empire in India.The company decided to set up Fort William Castle in Gobindapur village. The inhabitants of this region were moved away to Sutanu region. The wealthy community of Gobindapur settled in Pathuriaghata and Jorasanko region. Along with this, some other areas were also developed. According to the orders of the company's directors, John Jeffaniel Holwell 'distributed the separate areas for the company's workers.
Thus, the regions of the Indian states of Kolkata are divided into different occupational centers. In this way, the origin of the areas like Shunipara, Kalutola, Chutarpara, Aherittola and Kumartuli originated. At the end of the nineteenth century, pottery workers of northern Kolkata left the city after being attacked by the region's aggression. But Kumratuli Patuara, who collected gamagamati and made pottery etc. used to sell sutanuti bazaar (modern big market), they survived.Later, they began to build the idol of the goddess for the worship of the rich community. Pujaakimites were collecting idols from Kumartuli when Kolkata and outside barwari or universal puja were introduced.
In the year 1989, the fortress of Sholara, made by Amarnath Ghosh, was sent to Sweden, Australia, Malaysia and Nigeria. Only three kilograms of these images were ideal for air transmissions.In 2006, 12 thousand 300 dargahs were supplied from Kumartuli. Each year, idols are sent from Patuapara in Calcutta, in 93 countries of the world. This number has increased more now.
The most popular among the idol of Kumartuli are Mohanbasishi Rudra Pal and his sons Sanatan Rudraprand and Pradip Rudrapal, Rakhal Pala, Ganesh Pal, Alok Sen, Kartik Pal, and Pya Pal. In the present age, despite the euphoria of the theme artists, the devotees of the traditional idols still make idols by the potteries of Kumartuli.
How to go
After the bus from Howrah, after the Bagbazar, the auto or the rickshaw rickshaw kumaratuli Or go to the taxi to Kumartuli.
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