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Durga puja 2026: The stories behind Bengal’s patachitra artists

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You spotted them at Kolkata’s Durga Ppuja pandals, selling paintings, kurtas and curios. But behind these colourful wares is a world of travelling storytellers, sung scrolls and a tradition now caught between reinvention and the risk of losing its story

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