Durga Puja has turned out to be more of a social festival. The preparation required to make it successful depends entirely on the contributions from all the sections of the society.  Bangalinet has brought forward these important people who are behind the glory of the festival.

Purohit__________________________
Gobinda Chakraborty, the Kulpurohit of the family of Sabarno Roychowdhuri avails from Mohishadal in Midnapur. Trained in Sanskrit and vedas from an early age, he assisted his father in performing puja. Three years hence, he has taken over from his father and performs puja, maintaining the austerities. Bangalinet had an interesting chat with him on the eve of Durga Puja. Purohit Chakraborty follows the Durga Bhakti Tarangini

what excites me is the fact that our sale will go up by leaps and bounds”. He approximates the value of his daily sales figure (Year 2001) to be around Rs. 200-250. But during the five days of the puja alone, he estimates a sale of Rs. 8000-10,000 per day. The man from Dewulia, Midnapore now eagerly waits for Durga puja.

  Dhaki_________________________________________
His passion and spirit took him to the Indio-Soviet festival in Russia during the tenure of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. This zealous man of seventy-eight is non other than Jogen dhaki, who has been to different parts of the country and abroad with the captivating beats of dhak and plays for the goddess in Puja mandaps and enchants the people around with his scintillating performance at a