South City Mall will debut its first-ever Durga Puja celebration themed ‘Jatra,’ focusing on the profound cultural narratives woven into the festival
KOLKATA: South City Mall, long a familiar pre-Puja stop for shoppers in south Kolkata, is set to become a destination on the pandal map this autumn with its first Durga Puja, themed Jatra — the journey. The theme, Jatra, looks at the journeys that shape the festival: the goddess’s arrival, families returning home, friends setting out together on pandal trails, and generations revisiting rituals that remain constant even as the city changes. For the mall, the theme also reflects its own passage from being part of Kolkata’s Puja preparations to hosting a community celebration. The theme also arrives a year after a north Kolkata Puja explored another meaning of jatra by resurrecting a vanished theatre neighbourhood. Nabin Pally Durga Puja on Nalin Sarkar Street in Hatibagan recreated the theatre para around nearby Raja Rajkrishna Street, once home to Star, Rang Mahal, Biswarupa, Sarcarina, Bijon and Rangana. This year, South City’s Jatra offers a different journey: from memory to gathering, from shopping landmark to Puja destination, and from familiar routes to a new stop in Kolkata’s autumn map. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kolkata | Silver Rate in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata | Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Petrol Price in Kolkata | Diesel Price in Kolkata | CNG Price in Kolkata | LPG Price in Kolkata
Only Star survives today, and it no longer stages plays.