GUWAHATI, OCT 23: Assam is completely immersed in the festive fervor as Diwali and Kali Puja coincides this year on October 24.
Preparations are in full swing with idol makers working day and night to complete the work on time. The market place were flooded with people buying crackers and clothes for the festival.
The stalls of crackers were flooded in Fancy Bazar area and people were seen buying crackers.
“Due to covid-19 pandemic our business was down in last two years but this year we are happy because people are coming to us to purchase carckers for their childrens. But this year the orices of crackers are high comapre to last year,” said a owner of a cracker stall.
The Kali Puja celebration committee in Guwahati, which is preparing to celebrate this year’s Kali Puja, has taken the ISRO theme for their pandal.
Meanwhile, Vivekananda Sporting Club of Colony Bazar in Kalapahar, also took the ISRO theme on the mark of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Co-Treasurer of Vivekananda Sporting Club Sashanka Chakraborty said that as the country marked its 75th year of Independence on August 15 this year and Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, they have taken the ISRO theme for their Kali Puja pandal.