West Bengal CM composes theme music for Durga Puja committee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has composed the lyrics of the theme music of a Durga Puja committee in Kolkata.

The theme music for Tala Prattoy Durga Puja, which is celebrating its centenary yr and which consists by Ms. Banerjee, has been sung by State Minister of State for Tourism and Information and Cultural Affairs Indranil Sen.

The music ‘Bij Angan’ (seeds within the courtyard) was inaugurated by organisers on Thursday (September 18, 2025). “As we rejoice a century of Tala Prattoy, ‘Bij Angan’ is a tribute to the enduring spirit of Durga Puja, Bengal’s heritage. We had been honoured that the honourable Chief Minister wrote this particular music for our centenary yr, superbly rendered by Indranil Sen,” stated Dhrubajyoti Bose Suvo, one of many organisers of the occasion.

Over the previous few years, the West Bengal Chief Minister has been composing songs for the festive season.

During a gathering on the State Cabinet on Thursday (September 18, 2025), the Chief Minister directed Ministers to maintain a watch on their constituencies in the course of the Durga Puja competition. Ms. Banerjee additionally directed them to keep watch over the legislation and order and negate any type of makes an attempt to disrupt peace right here in the course of the interval.

The Trinamool Congress chairperson will quickly begin inaugurating big-ticket Durga Pujas within the State. Not solely is the Durga Puja the most important competition in West Bengal, however it is usually a possibility for public outreach for political events within the State.

The Chief Minister has introduced ₹1.10 lakh for about 43,000 neighborhood pujas within the State, which is prone to price ₹500 crore to the state exchequer.

The West Bengal authorities claims that the Durga Puja competition boosts the economic system of the State. A 2021 report by the British Council discovered this inventive economic system of Durga Puja was price over ₹32,377 crore and contributed 2.58% to the state’s GDP. 

In the report, the economic system of the competition in 2019 was estimated. UNESCO in December 2021 added Durga Puja in Kolkata to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.