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 Kumartuli (see wikipedia for more details) is the place in north Kolkata which is famous for the clay-idol making. Around 800+ clay idol makers reside in this place and they all work throughout the year to supply the high demands of clay idols not only to Kolkata and different parts of India but also to different cities abroad through export. . . . → Read More: Another Visit to Kumartuli – 2010  We had another photo walk on last Saturday. As we got down from train at Howrah station, we crossed the Howrah bridge and started our morning. We roamed around the ghats of Ganges, we explored the Flower market, we had good experience of Kolkata in the morning and yes, we went to Kumartuli again that day. My new Kumartuli photos will be coming on a seperate post. For now enjoy the Kolkata morning photos. Do let me know what you like in them. . . . → Read More: Another Kolkata Morning Photo Walk  Yes, I have been planning for this weekend trip for a long time. But I could not make time for it. Finally I managed to visit the place. Antoroi is a remote village and is the native place of our cook. It’s in the border of Orissa and West Bengal and you won’t find any traces of this place anywhere is internet or google maps  4 comments  Nature, People, Photography, Rural  auto rickshaw, cook, field, google maps, Home, jeetu, nature, paddy, people, santal, star, station, train journey, tribal, var, Village, West Bengal  Kumartuli (see wikipedia for more details) is the place in north Kolkata which is famous for the clay-idol making. Around 800+ clay idol makers reside in this place and they all work throughout the year to supply the high demands of clay idols not only to Kolkata and different parts of India but also to different cities abroad through export. A few months before Durga Puja, this place becomes very active as all the clay idol makers become busy in creating the idols of goddess Durga and other associated god and goddesses. . . . → Read More: Kumartuli – a Place Where The Creator is Created  Ever since I got my new camera, I had an eye on the current events where I can have some thing to shoot. And just after few days of our Puri visit, I came to know that the Khandagiri Fair and Kheravela Dance festival is going to take place here. I immediately contacted a few of my friends to visit this occasion. Khandagiri is tourist spot in Bhubaneswar, where you will find some very old caves and sculptures and a few temples. On the way to the caves, they organize their annual fair. They place gets real crowded at that time since people from different regions of this state come to be a part of the festival. And just beside the fair ground, they organize their annual international dance festival. . . . → Read More: A Visit to the Khandagiri Fair and Kharavela Dance Festival | |||||
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. I must say here that I love rural area. A few days off to such places is really a bliss and a very good way of getting refreshed and refueled for our regular life.
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