Week-long Kharchi Puja from Jul 22, 1k saplings to be distributed daily

The week-long Kharchi Puja festival and fair is set to begin on July 22 next at the sacred shrine of the temple of 14 deities. Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha along with Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowshury and legislators of local and adjacent constituencies shall inaugurate the festival, President of the fair committee and Khayerpur MLA Ratan Chakraborty said.
Speaking at a press conference, Chakraborty said, “This year we have decided that the theme of the fair and festival will be ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’. As per our commitment towards the Prime Minister’s slogan, we shall distribute 1,000 saplings among the devotees coming to the holy shrine of 14-deities.”
Apart from that, Chakraborty said, around 1,100 artists from Bengal, Tripura and other parts of the North East shall perform during the seven-day long festivities. “Lakhs of people from different corners of the state visit the temple throughout the seven-day long festival and fair. Thousands of vendors put out their stalls when the festivities are underway. Government departments will also hold exhibitions on their achievements,” said Chakraborty.
According to him, publicity of the fair will be conducted at the national level with hoardings and cut outs being placed in different railway stations and airports. “It is, in fact, a matter of great satisfaction that we have succeeded in taking the festival to the national level,” said Chakraborty.