Kali Puja is being celebrated in San Francisco Bay Area as well, at the Fremont Kalibari, which has a permanent deity inspired by Bengal’s Dakshineshwar Bhabatarini idol. We are restricting the number of visitors by opening the event on invitation only and ensuring the venue can support distancing guidelines as laid out by the UK government,” said a member. “After a long fight with Covid, life in London is slowly returning to what we knew as normal.

Croydon Bengali Connection, too, has returned to its Kali Puja at Bedford Hall in South London after a year’s gap. Our open-air pandal at the Slough Cricket Club reduces the risk of contagion,” Bhattacharjee said. We are also requesting 2m social distance. Hand sanitizers will be provided at the pandal. “Masks aren’t mandatory according to the UK government’s guidelines, but we are encouraging visitors to wear them. This year, the Puja has returned with the usual rituals, cultur-al programmes, firecrackers and Bengali food,” said Londoner Prasenjit Bhattacharjee, a member of Adda, which has NHS doctors formulating this year’s Puja. “Last year, there was no Kali Puja because of a complete lockdown here in Britain. Kolkata: After last year’s pandemic break, Bengalis settled abroad are back to organizing Kali Puja this year, on the day itself.

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