Kadma Rankini Mandir Durgotsav to attract heavy footfalls

CCTV, police, private security to ensure safety of visitors

Mail News Service

jamshedpur: Durga Puja in Rankini Mandir is being celebrated since 1945. It was the perseverance of Gorakh Prasad and his team that initiated this festival which now is amongst the most popular Durga Puja in town.

Initially the Puja was helped inside the temple but with passing time and growing crowds of revelers and devotees, Durga Puja is being observed outside the temple precincts in attractive pandals to accommodate all visitors through gay and night of the festive days. The Rankini Mandir Puja Committee president Dilip Das and general secretary Janardan Pandey informed that this year too the Puja Pandal would be one of the most visited in Kadma. SK Tent is erecting the pandal using experienced craftsmen to create the majestic look that Kadma Rankini Mandir Durga Puja is known for. The cost would be around Rs Eight lakh they informed. While the Dhakis (drummers) will be from Contai (Kanthi) in Midnapur, West Bengal, the image is being created by well known image maker Kedar Mallik. The colourful light designing in the pandal will be another point of attraction.

The Committee members said that tight security arrangements have been planned for safe and hassle-free viewing by visitors. CCTV cameras will be placed at all vantage points. In addition police personnel from Kadma police station will be posted along with private security men. Firefighting equipment will be kept at hand in case of eventualities.

The Durga Puja managing Committee will comprise Dilip Das, Janardan Pandey, KG Govind, Ram Kishore Singh, Premnath, S Ramesh Kumar, AR Dey (Bapida), Rajendra Jaiswal, Harbhajan Singh, Dipak Biswas, Narendra Kumar, RMP Singh, PK Singh, Subhash, Nand Kumar and Govind Prasad Singh.