The recently inaugurated Jagannath temple in West Benga’s Digha is witnessing growing footfalls every day. To attract more crowd, Durga Puja organisers in Digha are planning “Kedarnath” as the theme for this year. So if your plans to visit Uttarakhand have got cancelled due to the natural disaster, you will get a chance to visit a replica of the Kedarnath Mandir in West Bengal’s popular beach town Digha in Purba Medinipur district!

Durga Puja Budget Rs 20 lakhs

Durga Puja being the biggest festival of Bengal, preparations are on in full swing. This year, Durga Puja falls in the last week of September, as a result of which Puja committees have already started preparations.

To add to the excitement, Kedarnath Temple will be featured as the theme for Digha’s Durga puja. Work has already begun on the theme by the Universal Youth Durga Utsav Committee of Digha, who feel this theme will give a chance of “Kedarnath Darshan” to people who are eager to visit one of the four sacred Hindu pilgrimage sites that make up the Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand. For this year’s Durga Puja, the club has a budget of Rs 20 lakh which will be spent on theme decoration, idol, pandal, lights etc.

Digha’s Durga Puja inaugurated by CM Mamata Banerjee

In the past few years, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has inaugurated the puja of this club virtually. CM Mamata Banerjee also visited Digha for inaugurating the Jagannath temple in April this year and during the Ratha Yatra celebrations in June. Whether the CM will inaugurate Digha’s Durga Puja virtually or pay a visit physically this time, is yet to be decided.

Mamata Banerjee increases Durga Puja grant to Rs 1.10 Lakh from this year

The West Bengal Chief Minister recently increased Durga Puja grants to every organising committee by Rs 25 thousand from this year. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that organisers will be given a grant of 1 lakh 10 thousand rupees this year for Durga Puja.

Last year, the state government gave 85 thousand rupees to the Puja committees. Last year only the CM had announced that one lakh rupees would be given from the following year. However, the actual grant amount has been increased by another Rs 10 thousand rupees this year from what was announced last year.

Along with this, electricity concessions have been added. The Chief Minister has asked electric power distribution company CESE and the State Electricity Distribution Board to give 80 percent concession on electricity charges to the Puja committees.

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