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 KolkataMother-daughter duo Mala Paul and Beauty Paul lend finishing touches to idols of Goddess Saraswati at Kumartuli on Saturday
Ashim Paul/My KolkataA shop stocked up with National Flags and portraits of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Kolkata ahead of Republic Day
Amit Datta/My Kolkata(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 KolkataMorning walkers exercise at a fog-covered Maidan on early Saturday
Arnab Dutta/My Kolkata