Gujarat is a hit theme in Kolkata Durga Puja !

Kolkata, Oct 1: Gujarat is sure going places. This year beginning, Narendra Modi, former chief minister of Gujarat was chosen as India's Prime minister and now, the state is a hit theme of a big ticket Kolkata Durga Puja this year.

Reportedly, the Gujarat Tourism Board is partnering with the organisers.

"While our pandal is a replica of the world famous Somnath Temple, a must see for lakhs of visitors, the Gujarat Tourism Board has set up stalls where Amitabh Bachchan's baritone as ambassador of Gujarat can be heard as a documentary on that state is screened throughout the day," Durga Mukherjee said on behalf of the organisers.

The recreated Somnath temple is a 45-feet-high structure spread across 3,000 sq ft. "We have taken pictures of the pandal and it is difficult to make out the real one from a distance," a Gujarat Tourism Board stall employee said.

PTI