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Bengal’s Famed “Poush Mela” To Be Known as Off This 12 months Due To COVID-19


Poush Mela is over-a-century-old handicraft, handloom, artwork and track competition

Kolkata:

The once a year “Poush Mela”, a heritage cultural match attracting lakhs of travellers to West Bengal’s Santiniketan, is probably not held this 12 months because of COVID-19 restrictions, an reliable stated.

The over-a-century-old handicraft, handloom, artwork and track competition, is most often held in December-end.

“We don’t seem to be positive about getting the nod from the native management in view of the COVID-19 state of affairs. Maximum scholars, an integral a part of Poush Mela, don’t seem to be coming to the campus.

“Retaining a majority of these components in thoughts, we needed to take this unsightly determination for public well being protection,” a member of Visva-Bharati’s govt council stated.

The verdict was once taken at a high-level assembly of the manager council.

Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s father Maharshi Debendranath Tagore had first organised the truthful in 1894 and Visva-Bharati, the college based by way of the bard, began setting up it from 1951.

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The ”Poush Utsav”, together with prayers and making a song of devotional songs within the varsity campus, will, then again, happen (on December 23 this 12 months), he stated.

The destiny of the Poush Mela has been a topic of conjecture in the previous couple of months, with an reliable of the council claiming in July that Visva-Bharati government had determined to scrap the development, mentioning fresh “sour stories” in setting up the iciness carnival amid a tussle with investors to conform to Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal (NGT) tips.

However in overdue August, the school had stated that the central college is able to organise the truthful if it will get monetary assist from the Union govt.

The Visva-Bharati will follow its basis day on December 24, which shall be attended by way of the Union training minister and the West Bengal governor.

(With the exception of for the headline, this tale has no longer been edited by way of TTN body of workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)

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