Dev Diwali is being organized in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, on the lines of Banaras. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Kolkata Municipal Corporation, According to sources, under the government initiative, Dev Diwali will be celebrated at Baje Kadamtala Ghat on 25th and 26th November. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will also be invited to the festival. The invitation letter will be sent to Nabanna by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. Efforts have also been started to enable the Chief Minister to participate in the Diwali celebrations as per his convenience. Work on the ghats has also started. Ganga Ghat will be decorated with about 10 thousand lamps. Dashashwamedh Ghat along with the Kashi Vishwanath Temple complex in Varanasi becomes extra attractive on Kartik Purnima on the occasion of Dev Diwali festival. This festival is celebrated by lighting hundreds of lamps, to see which many people from different parts of the world come to Varanasi.
Ganga Aarti is performed every day at Baje Kadamtala Ghat.
Ganga Aarti is performed every day at Baje Kadamtala Ghat. This year the Chief Minister had started Ganga Aarti. Kolkata Municipal Corporation has given the responsibility of organizing this Ganga Aarti to ‘Debottar Jaichandi Thakurani Trust’. He is also responsible for organizing the Dev Diwali festival. He has started preparations from now. However, many people are also seeing political connections in the organization of this Dev Diwali by Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
There will also be special arrangements for security and lighting
Lighting arrangements will also be made during Dev Diwali. Along with this, from the point of view of security arrangements, Kolkata Municipal Corporation will take the help of Kolkata Police, so that no problem arises during the Aarti. Corporation employees will also be deployed during Ganga Aarti, so that special arrangements can be made for cleaning at the ghats.
Ganga Aarti has been happening in Howrah for years
Ganga Aarti has been organized every evening at Ramakrishnapur Ghat in Howrah for many years. Apart from everyday, this Ganga Aarti is performed in a grand manner in special rituals. Aarti is performed here by the pundits of Banaras. People from Kolkata, Hooghly and surrounding areas gather in Howrah to see this.