Mamata keeps up 3-decade custom of Kali Puja

October 20, 2017 08:29

West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee last night performed Kali Puja at her residence at the Kalighat area in the southern part of Kolkata. The puja is being performed at her house for the last three decades.

Banerjee, who fasted during the day and prepared the bhog (offering to the Goddess), played host to scores of guests, who included VVIPs, cabinet colleagues, politicians and commoners, with the doors of her spartan home at Harish Chatterjee Street thrown open to the public.

Clad in her trademark cotton sari and rubber slippers, Banerjee stood with folded hands and greeted the people and VIPs at her single-storey house.

Keeping in view the large number of visitors thronging Banerjee's residence, the police had strengthened security arrangements in and around the area.

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