Bappa gets a grand welcome!

By Prachi Arya

The recent

Ganesh Chaturhti

celebrations at Kumkum and

Ashok Roy Choudhury

’s residence had people welcome Bappa with open arms. Due to the family’s strong belief in

Lord Ganesha

, with more than 3000 Ganesha idols in their home, they have been celebrating the festival for the past 14 years. “I order the Ganpati statue and modak from Mumbai and worship the deity for three days,” said Kumkum, who sat through the whole puja for hours despite a fracture in her leg. Lending a helping hand to Kumkum and Ashok were their daughters Priyanka and Sivanka, who, along with their husband, Abhijit and Karan, respectively, looked after the arrangements and made sure that everything was just perfect for the celebrations.

Kumkum Roy Choudhury (R) Abhijit and Priyanka Sarkar (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

Karan and

Shivanka Chanda

(R) Pankaj Bajaj and Meena (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

Meesam Rizvi, Nidhi Bajaj and Ashok Roy Choudhury (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

Nupur Mehta, Preeti Anand and

Radhika Agarwal

(BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

Pankaj Bhadouria

and Charu Samarth (R)

Rashmi Maheshwari

(BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

Ali Hamid Zaidi and Raina Pandey (R) Iti and

Nitin Capoor

(BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)