In pics: Preparation for Saraswati Puja, Republic Day and more news from Kolkata

A quick look at the day it was for Kolkata

My Kolkata Web Desk

Published 21.01.23, 06:58 PM

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Preparations continue in full swing at Patua Para in Kalighat where artists can be seen working on Saraswati idols. Saraswati Puja will be celebrated on January 26 this year

Soumyajit Dey/My Kolkata

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Mother-daughter duo Mala Paul and Beauty Paul lend finishing touches to idols of Goddess Saraswati at Kumartuli on Saturday

Ashim Paul/My Kolkata

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A shop stocked up with National Flags and portraits of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Kolkata ahead of Republic Day

Amit Datta/My Kolkata

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(Top) Veteran authors Shankar and Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, alongside Semanti Ghosh and Aparajita Dasgupta, revisit the August of 1947 at ‘47er Shei August’ at the Kolkata Literary Meet on Saturday. (Bottom) Visitors check out books in stalls at the event

Suvedu Das/My Kolkata

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Morning walkers exercise at a fog-covered Maidan on early Saturday

Arnab Dutta/My Kolkata

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