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Visit artisans’ studios:
If you are interested in clay sculpture or are a shutterbug, you could visit the makeshift studios of artisans who are at the final stage of preparing the grand Durga idols. Most of the Pujas at Chittaranjan Park (C R Park) have the idols made in situ. The Kalibadi at Mandir Marg also is a temporary workplace for quite a few idols of various dimensions. -
Buy Pujabarshiki:
Bumper issues of Bengali festival numbers published during Puja (Pujabarshiki) are available with most magazine vendors in the city. However for the full range, visit the vendors at Market 1, C R Park. -
Shopping:
Various exhibitions of festival clothes are held all across the city. If you fancy Bengali aesthete, you could visit the exhibitions at Deshbandhu Bhawan, C R Park; expo at Raisina Bengali School or the pre Puja exhibition organised by government of West Bengal at Dilli Haat. -
Enjoy Bengali delicacies:
While Bengali cuisine is available at various joints in C R Park as well as restaurants dotting the city, try out offbeat Bengali snacks such as phuchka (gol gappa), shingara (samosa), ghugni (chhole) or sweets like pattishapta, rangalur pithe etc. at the pre Puja dos.
Where to Eat Authentic Bengali Food in Kolkata?
Bengali food in Delhi is very popular. But for a Bengali meal in Kolkata, you can visit Bhojohori Manna, Gariahat.
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