- Dargha Bazar, which has been organising Durga Puja for the past the 25 years, is coming up with a silver filigree backdrop, locally called chandi medha, worth Rs 1.20 crore for goddess Durga at its puja mandap this year.
- The chandi medha has been moulded out of 270kg of silver to mark the silver jubilee of Dussehra celebrations.
- Till last year, 23 puja mandaps had sported chandi medhas weighing between 100kg and 500kg. With the Dargha Bazar backdrop, the number will go up to 24.
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This trend was introduced by the Choudhury Bazar Puja Mandap, which came up with a 250kg chandi medha in 1956.
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Later, the trend was picked up first by Sheikh Bazar Puja Committee, which came with a 350kg chandi medha, in 1991.
- In 2004, Ranihat Puja Committee joined the group followed by Haripur-Dolamundai Puja Committee next year.