Kumartuli: Putting life into clay

Durga Puja is the biggest festival for Bengalis worldwide and it all starts with the idols from these narrow lanes of Kumartuli in Kolkata. Photographs by Debjeet Kundu

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August 20, 2014

Festivals, food and football — and every Kolkatan is a happy soul. It’s not been long since the World Cup 2014 concluded in Brazil and if you are wondering what Kumartuli has to do with that — it was supplying idols of footballers to the fanatics all over the state!