PM Modi has hailed UNESCO's choice as a "matter of extraordinary unparalleled delight for each Indian", while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee underlined that Durga Puja was a celebration, however a feeling.
The UNESCO on Wednesday concurred legacy status to Kolkata's Durga Puja celebration, carrying greatness to the country, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee praising the move.
"Durga Puja in Kolkata has recently been engraved on the theoretical legacy list. Congrats India," the association said in a tweet joining a photograph of the goddess with the hashtag 'living legacy'.
PM Modi has hailed UNESCO's choice as a "matter of extraordinary unparalleled delight for each Indian".
"Durga Puja features the best of our customs and ethos. Also, Kolkata's Durga Puja is an encounter everybody probably," said the Prime Minister.
The Chief Minister underlined that Durga Puja was a celebration, yet a feeling.
"Pleased second for Bengal! To each #Bengali across the world, Durga Puja is substantially more than a celebration, it is a feeling that joins everybody. Also now, #DurgaPuja has been added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. We are for the most part radiating with delight!" she tweeted.
The Ministry of Culture, as well, took to the microblogging stage to stretch out its desires to the occupants of the city on this accomplishment.
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Durga Puja highlights the best of our traditions and ethos. And, Kolkata’s Durga Puja is an experience everyone must have. https://t.co/DdRBcTGGs9
"Thrilled that 'Durga Puja in Kolkata' joins the @UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Numerous congrats! It is a conjunction of the rich legacy and culture of the district's specialty, artworks, ceremonies and practices. Jai Maa Durga!" the service composed.
The division of state data and social issues in Bengal gave an assertion to salute individuals of the state just as the country.
"The sixteenth Committee of UNESCO for defending of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in its gathering hung on fifteenth December 2021 in Paris has recorded Durga Puja in Kolkata on the agent rundown of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity," it said.
The division additionally noticed that this was the "main celebration in Asia" to get such acknowledgment.
"It is an epic occasion for us. From a genuine perspective, Bengal is presently Biswa Bangla. Our congrats to every one individuals of Bengal, the nation, and the world. We pass on our thanks and appreciation to UNESCO for the acknowledgment offered on this extraordinary celebration as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity," the assertion kept up with.
Suvaprasanna, the administrator of the West Bengal Heritage Commission, said the yearly Red Road fair, which shows the craftsmanship that goes into the creation of Durga Puja pandals, has made more individuals across the world mindful of the magnificence that is inseparable from the celebration.
"It was Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who began the Red Road Carnival to grandstand the work of art, culture, and customs related with the celebration. Durga Puja is being praised for quite a long time, however the celebration got another aspect with the fair," he expressed.
Inviting the turn of events, Indologist and academician Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri said Durga Puja is a "all inclusive celebration" restricting huge number of individuals.
He, notwithstanding, asserted that the celebration ought to have been concurred the status a whole lot sooner.
The yearly Red Road festival, coordinated in front of the drenching function, was last held in 2019.
The occasion was dropped for this present year just as in 2020 inferable from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Soumen Dutta, one of the authorities of Forum for Durgotsab - - a top group of local area Durga Puja boards in the city - - said coordinators of the ten-day affair have at long last got their due credit.
"Our diligent effort over the course of the years has yielded the ideal outcome. The greatness of Durga Puja festivities in Bengal has no equal in the whole world," he underlined.