Deshapriyo Park is a playground of
South Kolkata
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, having
Rashbehari Avenue
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on one side and
Sarat Bose Road
Sarat Bose Road, previously known as Lansdowne Road, is a 3.5 km long stretch of road that connects Southern Avenue (near Rabindra Sarobar Stadium) with AJC Bose Road (at Minto Park) and separates two major localities of Ballygunge and B ...
on another side. Different games like Cricket, Football, Tennis etc. are regularly played here by professional and amateur players and locals. In the playground one of the biggest
Durga Puja
Durga Puja ( bn, দুর্গা পূজা), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated ...
is organized.
The
Priya
Priya may refer to:
* Priya (given name), a given name of Indian origin
* Priya (actress)
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cinema is located beside this playground.
the park was shrinking day by day. Firstly it was encroached by a club and then a public toilet and a restaurant. Bonani Kakkar, a green activist reacted– "Deshapriyo Park has been grabbed several times in the past. The forms of permanent constructions vary, but encroachment never stops. Now fresh encroachment is allowed in the form of a stage".
The stage and sculpture was however inaugurated by the chief minister of
West Bengal
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,
Mamata Banerjee
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on the event of Language Day. On Feb.12, 2015 Mayor
Sovan Chatterjee
Sovan Chatterjee (born 7 July 1964) is an Indian politician. He is a former member of Bharatiya Janata Party, and former Mayor of the city of Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Chatterjee served as a Kolkata Municipal Corpo ...
inaugurated
Kolkata's first Grid Connected battery-less Solar Power street lighting system at Deshapriya Park.
See also
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Lal Dighi
Lal Dighi, also called the Tank Square or Dalhousie Square () is a man-made water tank in Kolkata, India.
Etymology
The park was referred to as Lal Bagh or Lall Bagh, due to the name of the surrounding neighbourhood, when it was first establis ...
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Rabindra Sarobar
Rabindra Sarobar (formerly known as Dhakuria Lake) is an artificial lake in South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The name also refers to the area surrounding the lake. It is flanked by Southern Avenue to the North, Shyamaprasa ...
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Maidan
Maidan is an originally Persian word for a town square or public gathering place, adopted by various other languages: Urdu (''maidān''); Arabic (''maydān''); Turkish ; Bangla ময়দান, meaning field, and Crimean Tatar, from which ...
References
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Parks in Kolkata