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People during Chhath Puja celebrations astatine Ganga Ghat successful Kolkata connected Thursday. (Right) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offers prayers astatine Dahi Ghat successful Kolkata. (Express photograph by Partha Paul)
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected the juncture of Chhath Puja greeted radical successful the authorities and besides released a opus written by her. Addressing devotees astatine a Chhat Puja ceremonial astatine Takta Ghat successful Kolkata connected Thursday, she said much Chhath pujas are held successful West Bengal than Bihar, wherever it is the astir fashionable festival. She besides urged radical to follow precautions to debar accidents portion pursuing the rituals of the festival.
As Banerjee highlighted the traditions and civilization of Bengal successful her speech, she reiterated that Bengal is simply a authorities that embraces each religions. “Chhat Puja is held successful galore places of the state. Bengal has tradition, glory, and beauty. Everyone present considers the festivals of each religions arsenic their own…Our authorities has fixed 2 days disconnected for Chhat Puja, truthful that you tin execute the Puja nicely,” she said.
People, irrespective of their religion, caste and creed, enactment unneurotic successful India and cipher is greater than the other, the Trinamool Congress supremo further said. “We don’t privation part of religion. All religions person their meaning. We are not against immoderate religion, we emotion each religions. Now successful Bihar determination is not arsenic overmuch Chhat Puja arsenic determination is successful Bengal, delight retrieve this,” she said.
Citing examples connected however Bengal has been portion of the state struggle, Mamata Banerjee said, “Many languages, cultures are antithetic successful India, yet we are Indians… contented successful Bengal has been determination since independence… Bengal fought the astir successful the state struggle.”
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