Acropolis Mall turns 9, rainy Wednesday and other Kolkata news in pictures

Just two weeks left for Durga Puja to start, an artisan races against time applying the final coat of paint on idols at Kumartuli

(Top) Acropolis Mall in Kasba’s Rajdanga celebrated its 9th birthday in style on Wednesday. Sushil Mohta, chairman of Merlin Group and developer of the leading state-of-the-art shopping destination, distributed new clothes to children from Pathchala in presence of Rukmini Paul, president, Pathchala, and Subhadip Basu, general manager of the mall and (above) shoppers made the most of a rainy day at the mall)

Indranil Sen, minister of state, tourism and technical education, training and skill development and minister of state, information and cultural affairs, holds a media meet at Abanindra Sabhaghar to launch Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman 2024. Information and cultural affairs secretary Santanu Basu flanks him

Road barricades for safe pedestrian movement during Durga Puja set up on Chittaranjan Avenue

South City Mall is dressed up in its festive best ahead of Bengal’s biggest festival - Durga Puja

Intermittent showers continued to play havoc in lives of Kolkatans for the second straight evening on Wednesday, barely days before Mahalaya. Probably, the best thing to do was to sip cupful of steaming tea from roadside kiosks as seen above in the picture from Tollygunge