November 23, 2024 12:55 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'Third World War has begun:' Ex-Ukraine military commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny | UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations to resume in early 2024 | UK can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits country based on ICC warrant | Centre to send over 10,000 additional soldiers to violence-hit Manipur amid fresh violence | Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed during encounter with security forces in Sukma
Kolkata: Shopping reaches frenzied level on eve of Mahalaya

Kolkata: Shopping reaches frenzied level on eve of Mahalaya

| @indiablooms | 27 Sep 2019, 12:02 pm

Kolkata, Sep 27 (UNI) What better way to celebrate Durga Puja than draping yourself in your favourite attire.

Tomorrow marks the start of Devi Paksha. Bengal’s biggest festival is here. But buying and purchasing continues and though Puja shopping is largely over for most, last minute buys remain for a few for those missed persons, relatives, friends and all.

Although rain has dampened the rush, people continue to love and indulge in shopping experience till their pockets get empty.

Like every year this year too 'Kamala', the retail outlet of the Crafts Council of India, has brought in stunning weaves and handlooms of award winning national awardees, Shilp gurus and Padma shrees.

In South Kolkata, the puja crowds and buyers too have set a wave. Buying is not merely for the Pujas but right up to Diwali and Bhai phonta (bhayia dooj) which follows shortly. Many are picking sarees for their family wedding trousseau from 'Sundari' in Gariahat which is next to Pantaloons.

Gaurav Agarwal, Director, 'Sundari', states, 'Like most years this year too we have been hugely successful in keeping the demands and satisfaction of our customers. From simple cotton weaves, Tussore silks , Kora sarees to salwar suit pieces and Benarsi dupattas have been the special attractions for the shoppers. This time a lot of people have picked our sarees as corporate gifts, as Puja is implicitly linked to the beauty and celebration of sarees. We are delighted to have sold a very good number of sarees from our store.'

Major markets in the North like Hatibagan, College Street and Ultadanga witnessed frenzied buying. Both in the south and north shop keepers had taken over parts of the pavements displaying their wares.

New Market and Lindsay Street in central Kolkata were choc-a-bloc with shoppers, with the crowd spilling over to the arterial JN Road.

Brisk buying was witnessed in the high end malls as well. 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.