**People, people and people on Ashtami Day in Kolkata

Ashtami day in Kolkata is crowded with people. Although the traffic on Sunday is relatively less than on the sixth and seventh, the traffic on the road is slow but does not stop. Crowds are visible in big pujas.

**Tridhara, Deshapriya Park, Chetla Agrani, Suruchi Sangh in the south has been beaten by Ahiritola, Santosh Mitra Park, Tala Pratya in the north.** Its impact has been felt on the streets. There is heavy traffic on the road from Ruby to Rasbihari in the south. Cars sometimes stop due to visitors crossing the road. At the Rasbehari crossing, the traffic jam is twice as long as on other days.

**Thousands of visitors thronged Banedi houses to witness the Sandhi Puja on Sunday afternoon.** On special occasions, 108 lamps are lit to worship the goddess. At least a thousand people gathered at Rani Rasmani's house in Janbazar to see it. Shobhabazar Rajbari was also crowded at that time. Many people thronged to Puja at Badan Roy's house in Kolutola Street, Badan Ray's house in Central Avenue, Basumallik's house in Pataldanga. Sandhi Puja will be witnessed.

**Besides Banedi House, North and South Pooja Mandaps also thronged to witness the Sandhi Puja.** Like the rest of the day, there is a crowd at North Bagbazar Sarvajanin, Laketown's Sribhoomi Puja. Due to Sreebhoomi puja, cars are moving slowly on the road from Ultodanga to the airport.

**According to Calcutta police sources, around 7:30 pm on Sunday, Santosh Mitra Square had to wait for almost an hour to see Thakur.** The situation is the same in Tala Pratya. Visitors had to stand in line for about 24 minutes after reaching there at 7:30 pm. The situation is similar in Suruchi Sangha in the south. Visitors had to wait for about 37 minutes to see Tagore there at 7:30 pm. At that time, Deshapriya Park had to stand in line for 14 minutes and Tridhara for 12 minutes. 15 minutes at Sinhi Park, 10 minutes at Ekdalia.

**Visitors have to wait for relatively less time at Ahiritola, Kumartuli Park, Chalta Bagan, Chor Bagan in the north.** According to Kolkata Police sources, cars are moving slowly on all roads from north to south. But does not stop.

**word to word**

Kolkata's Ashtami Puja means a lot of people. This year was no exception. A lot of people came on the sixth and seventh. But Ashtami is more crowded. Especially the crowd of people to see Sandhi Puja was eye-catching. Banedi houses were also thronged with people to witness the Sandhi Puja.

There was also a rush of cars. Cars were moving slowly on all roads from north to south. But it did not stop.