Festivals in Kolkata

Festive landscape of Kolkata becomes all the more vibrant as people from different parts of India and abroad throng the place to be part of the grand social milieu. Luxurious Bamboo edifices popularly known as pandals serve as temporary temples of worship for the deities where worshippers assemble to seek blessings.

Festivals in Kolkata serve as meeting ground of cultures where you can easily be a part of the great cosmopolitan culture of Kolkata. Full of life, the festivals of Calcutta give you a unique opportunity to pamper your taste buds. The Ethnic food stalls in front of the puja pandals display various Bengali mouth watering dishes which fly off the shelves like hot cakes. The Festivals in Kolkata are held mostly in the centrally located maidan area of the city of Calcutta. Cultural events are an integral part of the Festivals in Kolkata. Almost every puja pandal hosts cultural programmes where celebrity singers come to showcase their talents.

Any one visiting Kolkata during the festive season will find a young lively crowd of pandel hoppers visiting one pandel to another mostly on foot.