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Kolkatans soak in Holi fervour with two days to go, celeb cricket and more news in pictures

A quick look at the day that was for Kolkata

My Kolkata Web Desk Kolkata Published 23.03.24, 07:40 PM
(Top) Final touches are lent to a huge idol of Bal Gopal at Kumartuli ahead of Holi and (above) young women rehearse for Basanta Utsab at College Street on Saturday
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(Top) Final touches are lent to a huge idol of Bal Gopal at Kumartuli ahead of Holi and (above) young women rehearse for Basanta Utsab at College Street on Saturday

Arnab Dutta and Suvendu Das
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People in Burrabazar play with colours around a Rolls Royce that once belonged to Rudyard Kipling and revellers smear each other with colours in the lanes of the area on Saturday
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People in Burrabazar play with colours around a Rolls Royce that once belonged to Rudyard Kipling and revellers smear each other with colours in the lanes of the area on Saturday

S Satyajit and Soumyajit Dey
Team captain of Celebrity Cup Jisshu Sengupta attended a tea party at chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kalighat with his teammates on Saturday
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Team captain of Celebrity Cup Jisshu Sengupta attended a tea party at chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kalighat with his teammates on Saturday

My Kolkata
Thousands of pilgrims throng the Jalpesh Mandir near Jalpaiguri town in monsoon every year. It was dedicated to Lord Shiva by Cooch Behar king Shri Prananarayan in 1663. Bisu Singh, the father of king Maharaja Narayan, later repaired it
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Thousands of pilgrims throng the Jalpesh Mandir near Jalpaiguri town in monsoon every year. It was dedicated to Lord Shiva by Cooch Behar king Shri Prananarayan in 1663. Bisu Singh, the father of king Maharaja Narayan, later repaired it

Amit Datta
Writer, child-rights activist and actor Nandana Dev Sen uploaded this photograph early on Saturday with the caption: ‘Now look at this chest where you had planted The sapling of a heart In a soft green stretch of sun In the hidden mesh of this dark jungle, Impenetrable, Has grown a hungry tree’ ~Excerpt, “The Jungle Story,” #NabaneetaDevSen #worldpoetryday #internationaldayofforests #amazon #inca #incatrail #rainforest
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Writer, child-rights activist and actor Nandana Dev Sen uploaded this photograph early on Saturday with the caption: ‘Now look at this chest where you had planted The sapling of a heart In a soft green stretch of sun In the hidden mesh of this dark jungle, Impenetrable, Has grown a hungry tree’ ~Excerpt, “The Jungle Story,” #NabaneetaDevSen #worldpoetryday #internationaldayofforests #amazon #inca #incatrail #rainforest

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A charitable trust, Sarodiya, organised Holi celebrations with flowers for the visually impaired students of Light House for the Blind on Saturday
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A charitable trust, Sarodiya, organised Holi celebrations with flowers for the visually impaired students of Light House for the Blind on Saturday

Arnab Dutta

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