Bengalis in Visakhapatnam celebrate New Year ‘Poila Baisakh’

Bengalis in Visakhapatnam celebrate Poila Baisakh with traditional fervour, including Prabhat Pheri and cultural programs at Kalibari.

The Bengalis in the city celebrated their New Year ‘Poila Baisakh’ in the city with traditional fervour. Members of the East Coast Railway Kalibari organised a ‘Prabhat Pheri’ early in the morning at the RK Beach Road. Dressed in traditional attire, the members walked on the Beach Road singing traditional Bengali songs, penned by Rabindranath Tagore. Later in the day at the Kalibari, the evening was laced with puja and cultural programmes. A few prominent members from the Bengali community were felicitated to mark the occasion, said B.C. Burman and Prantik Mukherjee of Kalibari.