Kalaroa (Satkhira) Correspondent

In Kalaroa, the idol made of exceptional fragrant sugar powder rice has now been touched to the fullness. The clay form of the idol is now wrapped in gold! Visitors are already flocking to see the idol. After the last coating of paints is completed, the entire idol is now covered. The shape of the idol is made by embedded one after another like beads. It took about a month for idol artist Prahlad Biswas to complete the clay work of the idol made on the occasion of Durga Puja.

It is specially made by placing sugar powder rice. This idol made of paddy in the northern Murarikati Palpara Puja Mandap in Kalaroa Municipality is now fully visible. The work of beautifying the idol by mixing the sweetness of paint has taken a different dimension. This scene has been witnessed by visiting the pujamandap on the ground.

This is the first time that the idol wrapped in paddy has been visible in this region. The idols made of paddy seem to be wrapped in gold. Apart from this, paddy is also a reminder of prosperity and wealth to the people of rural Bengal. Small sugar powder rice is planted like beads. Which has got an amazing form. Jiban Ghosh, president of Palpara Puja Mandap in North Murarikati village of the municipality.

General Secretary Pradeep Pal, Lecturer Bholanath Mondal, Ashwin Pal, Anik Pal said that 4 idol artists took a month to make this idol. The cost is approximately one lakh rupees. About 100 kg of powdered rice. Powdered rice has been used in an attempt to make the idol different. As if a golden glow emerges. "Dhandanya pushpa bhara, our ei Bashundhara" - poet Dwijendralal Roy's eternal call as if it appeared all over the image of the statue! The idol artists said, 'To make 18 idols including Durga, Kartika, Ganesh, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Asura, Mahishasura in this mandap, wood, bamboo, jute and Bichali frame or structure is first made. Later it is made into the shape of the idol with clay. On the eve of their drying, powdered rice is placed around the idol to keep the soil soft.

Paddy is placed in such a way that it looks like the idols are wrapped in gold. After these dried, the idol was sprayed with paint. Meanwhile last Monday (October 16) In a report published in the current newspaper from Calcutta under the title of Vidhesh Pujo, the statue made of sugar-powdered paddy in Palpara, north of Murarikati, Kalaroa, Satkhira, is highly praised.

It is mentioned in that report, Durga Pratima made of special type of fragrant sugar powder paddy of Satkhira Kalaroa has caught special attention in Puja in Bangladesh. General Secretary of Kalaroa Upazila Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Parishad and Joint Secretary of Upazila Puja Celebration Parishad Sandeep Roy said that the autumn Durgotsav ceremony is starting on October 20 with the Bodhan and Shashti Puja of Goddess Durga. This time Sharidiya Durgotsab will be celebrated in 12 unions and one municipality of the upazila in a total of 48 pujamandaps.