North Kolkata Calling !!

Perhaps Calcutta's oldest Gajan Festival is still held at  Chatu Babu's Bazar in North Kolkata.                                         Program 8th April 20016-Ghot Sthapon & Puja. 9th  "        "    -8am: Puja of Mahadev. 7.30pm: Puja & Jhul Jhanp. 10th "       "   -8am:     "         "          .    "           "     & Kanta Jhanp. 11th"        "  -8am:       "        "                "          "     & Bonti Jhanp.t12th"                         (Sanyasis will eat fruits & go to Kalighat) 12th"        "  -8.30am Puja of Neel begins. In the evening the Charak Tree is planted.                     & at night Leelaboti's marriage. 13th "      "  8am: Charak Puja.In the evening the Charak Tree goes round & round                   with Sanyasis. An old Charak Mela from morning till night is held here. 14th "      " 8a

It was a surprising moment ! I mean a day !! Yes-it was a Sunday morning -as far as I could remember. I was always an early riser, in fact not such an early riser as  one might think. To be more precise I usually  got out of my bed within 6.30am. So-as I was saying -it was a Sunday morning when I , surprisingly awoke at about 3am. I am not sure whether somebody or something shook me or-maybe it was ....as you know ...ahem !! just a moment of apprehension ! Or was it an earthquake after all ? Well -nothing of that sort. Then it must be a hallucination, I thought. Well the entire thing began in such a way . Now here I will relate the entire episode that unfolded before me. I was always an introvert and- try as I would - I remained the same. I still remember the day when I went to a certain place (  can't remember) where I had a strange experience! It was in a certain house situated at the bank of Ganges. The house was probably known as

 Kolkata Shivaly. Varanasi Chatu Babu's Shivalay Varanasi Main Shivalay