Blind Children Of Premasree along with Bhagchand Jain-Chairman And Managing Director JK Masala, Directors of JK Masala-Shanti Jain ,Ashok Jain and Jitendra Jain and Spokesperson and Marketing Director Shri Vijay Jain of JK Masala and others inaugurated the 1^st of its kind of Durga Puja pandal made of turneric in Kolkata at Santoshpur Lake Pally. The puja committee associated with JK Masala to bring forth this novel concept and unique design sensibilities to the decor of the pandal.

Turmeric – Haldi in Hindi and Holud in Bengali is considered to be very pure and auspicious. Not only is the spice used in cooking food but has great medicinal benefits too. Curcumin is the main active ingredient in turmeric. It has powerful anti-inflammatory effects and is a very strong antioxidant.

Santoshpur Lake Pally hence came up with the idea to use turmeric in the pandal due to this reason. Maa Durga is the symbol of Shakti who destroys the evil in the society and in the same way Haldi kills bacteria and other germs. Maa Durga in this pandal was shown as Maa Annupurna as she would be in her kitchen.

The design of the Pandal was made using 4-tonne turmeric. The reason behind using haldi as the main ingredient was because it was considered auspicious and also the fact that turmeric helps in fighting off diseases. The same way as Ma defeats Mahishasura and destroys evil.

The pandal saw a huge turn up of people and was among the most visited pandals in the city during the puja.

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