(Top) A woman lends finishing touches to an idol of goddess Kali at Potuapara (potters’ colony) in Kalighat on Saturday and (above) a brass plate at a Kolkatan’s home replete with a blend of 14 kinds of leafy vegetables. The ritual on Bhoot Chaturdashi comprises eating the mixed vegetables and lighting 14 earthen lamps a day before Kali Puja and Diwali
Soumyajit Dey and Amit Datta