Amidst the ongoing pandemic and financial distress for many, the big puja organizers despite the hardships have spent lakhs of rupees on their pujas to woo the visitors.
The Covid-19 pandemic and economic slowdown have dimmed the lights on West Bengal's biggest festival, Durga Puja, for the second consecutive year as organisers slashed their budgets and scaled down celebrations due to shrunken sponsorship. Not just small-budget pujas, even big-ticket Durga Puja committees in Kolkata have curtailed their spending by nearly 30-40 per cent,