The ‘Chalaman Sangha’ club in the heart of Agartala town in Madhyapara area has always been known to be a relatively posh area , famous for it patronage of body building , weight lifting etc. It is also the area that was once inhabited by celebrated royal scholar of Tripura, late Ganga Prasad Sharma. His six sons were all body builders who took part in national competitions on behalf of Tripura and won accolades . But after death of death in Covid of Ganga Prasad’s youngest son Uma Prasad Sharma in 2020 the club’s sports activism has been replaced by cultural activism and social welfare programmes. The club has been organizing attractive ‘Durga Pujas’ annually since the early fifties with huge number of people thronging its gaudy pandal.

This year ‘Chalaman Sangha’s ‘Durga Puja’ is being

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