Bhowanipur 75 Palli Durga Puja Committee has come up with the theme of Manobik to give a boost to the morale of the Chhau dancers.

The Durga Puja pandal was inaugurated today by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, and was attended by Firhad Bobby Hakim, Minister of Transport and Housing, Govt of WB, Kartik Banerjee, Social Activist, and many others.

The Durga Puja committee has decided to come to the aid of ”Chhau” artists of Purulia district, who have been badly hit by the lockdown. ”Chhau”, a traditional dance form, has performers retelling episodes of Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the Puranas, donning colorful costumes and masks. They will depict a small village of Purulia at the puja pandal and will bring the government enlisted ‘chhau’ dancers and their families to Kolkata.

During the inauguration ceremony, the Chhau dance was performed with the percussion instrument Dhamsa.

Priyanka Dutta