On Saturday, when the town was soaking in the festive spirit of Mahasasthi, the sixth day of pageant, about 125 individuals from Premashraya visited 5 Puja pandals in the Salt Lake space
On Saturday, when the town was soaking in the festive spirit of Mahasasthi, the sixth day of pageant, about 125 individuals from Premashraya visited 5 Puja pandals in the Salt Lake space
10-year-old Sondip Ghosh has been present process therapy at Kolkata’s Tata Medical Centre since July 2022 for leukaemia. As the Durga Puja pageant approaches, the boy’s mother and father, who hail from Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas, have been just a little anxious about how to take their youngster to see the pujapandals. Doctors have mentioned that Sondip’s immunity is low and he ought to keep away from crowds, his mom Dipanita Ghosh mentioned.
Similarly, 68-year-old Gopal Chandra Pal, who has come from Bangladesh for therapy for throat most cancers on the Tata Medical Centre, felt upset when medical doctors suggested he couldn’t return residence as his chemotherapy would start quickly.
Both younger Sondip and Mr. Pal are staying at Premashraya, a short lived residence for a group of about 500 most cancers sufferers and their caregivers in Kolkata’s New Town space, shut to the Tata Medical Centre. The individuals behind Premashraya determined its residents shouldn’t really feel neglected of Puja festivities.
On Saturday, when the town was soaking in the festive spirit of Mahasasthi, the sixth day of pageant, about 125 individuals from Premashraya visited 5 Puja pandals in the Salt Lake space. The native police station offered pilot vehicles, autos for medical emergencies have been readily available, and Puja organisers have been knowledgeable nicely in advance to facilitate clean entry for the guests.
Premashraya, a short lived residence for a group of about 500 most cancers sufferers and their caregivers in Kolkata, determined its residents shouldn’t really feel neglected of Puja festivities.
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“Two air-conditioned buses in which 60 patients and their caregivers started at around 10 a.m. and they returned by 1 p.m. The idea behind the morning trip was to avoid crowds and protect patients from infections,” Sudeshna Dutta, head of operations of the Premashraya unit and Tata Medical Centre, mentioned.
Ms. Dutta mentioned that Premashyaya is making an attempt to preserve the spirit of Durga Puja alive with a lot of particular occasions, together with decorations with motifs and pictures signifying the autumn pageant, and new garments for residents, starting September 24 and occurring until Lakshmi Puja until the second week of October. “Cancer is a marathon and it’s very important to have a positive spirit while battling the disease,” Ms. Dutta mentioned.
Other efforts too try to make this a extra inclusive Durga Puja from which no part of society is neglected. Earlier this week, Kolkata Police organised a particular ‘Puja Parikrama’ for 150 youngsters with particular wants, and about 400 aged members of Pranam, a group policing initiative to serve senior residents.
In December 2021, Durga Puja in Kolkata was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and the distinctive inclusiveness of the pageant was among the many causes for its recognition. UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Secretary Tim Curtis mentioned at an occasion in Kolkata in September that Durga Puja has undergone optimistic change and inclusiveness by way of transition in the general public sphere as group pujas.