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PHOTOS: ‘Phuchka’ pandal built in Behala, Kolkata, Maa Durga is seated in Golgappa.

Across the country including Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. fort festival It has started. In Kolkata, pandals made on different themes are attracting the visitors. Discussion about unique pandals has started. Crowd has also started gathering to see him.

The pandal of Natoon Dal Puja Committee of Behala is also attracting people. The specialty of this pandal is that it is made of Phuchka (Golgappa). Considering the popularity of Phuchka among all sections of the society, the committee has made an attractive pandal on the theme of ‘Santushti’.

50 thousand lamps have been installed in the pandal. Its shape has also been kept like Phuchka. Phuchka stalls will also be seen on the walls of the pandal. Materials and tools for making Phuchka like flour sack, rolling pin, stool etc. have been kept at various places.

Committee member Dev Kumar Mandal said that there is a lot of demand for food stalls during puja. Various types of expensive items are available. Only at Phuchka’s stall you will find people from all classes, rich and poor. People get satisfaction by eating just four to six pieces of Phuchka.

Phuchka stall erases the distinction between the poor and the rich. This is such an item, which shows a sense of equality like the blessings of the mother. This year the budget of puja is Rs 50 lakh. Let us tell you that Puchka is known by different names in different states. In Bengal it is known as Phuchka, in Delhi it is known as Pani Puri, Pani Batasha and at some places it is known as Golgappa.

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