Nandanik Sanstha celebrates its 20th Year of Durga Puja in Koregaon Park
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Pune, October 16: This year marks the 20th year of Nandanik Sanstha’s Durga Puja. It is the blessings of Maa Durga and the support of all her devotees that Nandanik Sanstha has been able to serve the community for two decades.
This year too, we will be hosting Goddess Durga at Rohi Villa, Lane 7, Koregaon Park from 20th to 24th October, 2023. Celebrations will start with Mahashashti Puja on the 20thof October right until Sindoor Khela and Visarjan on Dussehra, October 24th, 2023. Pushpanjali and Sandhya Aarti will be conducted every day from 10.30 am onwards and 6.30 pm onwards respectively.
Gautam Banerjee, President, Nandanik Sanstha said, “20 years of Nandanik’s Durga Puja is a big milestone for the Sanstha. These two decades of hosting the Durga puja has been an opportunity to serve the devotees and the community through our small contributions towards social cause endeavours and also provide business opportunities to small and big organisations. Marking the 20th year we aim to treat Ma’s devotees to some exclusive and grand cultural programs.”
He added, “Two decades of Durga Puja has been only possible due to the love and support we have received from the devotees and local authorities of Koregaon Park. I would also like to mention that we are extremely grateful to Rohi Villa for giving us the space and ambience that makes Nandanik Sanstha’s Durgotasav a unique and grand celebration each year. Another achievement that we are proud of is that some stall owners have been associated with us for over 5 years. The stalls at Rohi Villa are also an added attraction for the devotees and visitors, they definitely add to the overall experience of the Puja. ”
He further mentioned, “Like every year we will be providing bhog to Ma’s devotees for three days starting from Saptami till Navami and we feel so blessed to be able to do that without any charge. Our commitment to the environment is our top priority therefore, we do not encourage the use of plastics within the premises of the pandal. We use eco-friendly materials for the Idol and decoration; Garbage disposal and management at the source itself is also an area for which we take full responsibility. It gives us great pleasure to host Ma Durga with all our love and devotion and we seek the support of her devotees for the same.”
Being a milestone year for Nandanik Sanstha we have organised some really exciting cultural programs. We have invited the famous Bengali singer, Durnibar Saha from Kolkata, who will be singing for us on Saptami Evening. Durnibar is also known as Zee Bangla’s SA Re Ga Ma fame singer. On Ashtami we will be witnessing the mesmerising dance performance by Prajakta Atre Dance troupe. Prajakta Raj (Atre) is a well-known Kathak Dancer who has her roots in Pune. A post graduate from Lalit Kala Kendra of Pune University, she mainly portrays the life of Lord Krishna and short stories on Lord Shiva through her dance performances. Maha Navami evening will be graced by enthralling performances by artists traveling from Mumbai, Priyanka Mitra and Sriijiit. They specialise in bollywood music and promise to give the Rohi Villa audience an evening to cherish and remember.
There is a special treat that we have organised for all Bengali literature fans and lovers marking the special occasion of 20th year. The iconic Kolkata Boi Mela team, under the auspices of Bengali Book Promotional Services in India [BBPSI], will participate in our prestigious Durgotsav’23. BBPSI team is travelling from Kolkata to set up their stall in our Pandal, where they will display & sell a variety of Bengali best-sellers, novels, stories, Rachanabali, Sharadia, etc of over 40 top notch publishers of Bengal. They will also have a selected collection of music & movies. Boi Mela for Bengali literature lovers is extremely special and many Bengali’s in Kolkata enjoy buying books during the Puja’s and relish reading them throughout the year.
Nandanik Sanstha tries to provide the visitors of the Durga Puja with as many options as possible for evening food and shopping.
Visitors will have many food options to choose from, we have Pratap Caterers for authentic Bengali cuisine, Rolls Mania to full-fill the famous rolls culture of West Bengal, Mother Dairy ice-creams to provide relief from the October heat, Barbecue nation, Pizza Hut, Mountain Goat and Rajshree sweets are among the other well-known eateries at our Pandal.
Visitors can complete their Diwali shopping to-do list with exclusive Bengali sarees, Costume Jewellery, Handicrafts and various Diwali items.
