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Bengal's Durga Puja Has Always Had a Patron. The 2026 Question Is Who Decides Its Form

An Indian Express ground report of 16 October 2026 documented how political patronage across Kolkata's leading puja committees has moved from the Trinamool Congress to the BJP following Suvendu Adhikari's swearing-in as Chief Minister on 9 May 2026. The report also recorded artisans' and historians' concerns about traditional prescription versus artistic freedom in a festival inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the…