Assam is gearing up to celebrate Diwali and Kali Puja festival, and many organisers have decided to dedicate this year’s Kali Puja and Diwali to noted singer Zubeen Garg who drowned in Singapore on September 19, a day before he was supposed to perform at the Northeast India Festival.

His mortal remains were first flown to Delhi and later taken to Guwahati on September 21 by flight.

In Guwahati, the Vivekananda Sporting Club of Colony Bazar, Kalapahar, has organised the Kali Puja festival with a Mahadev (Lord Shiva) theme, which will begin on October 20.

Sashanka Chakraborty, Joint Secretary of the club, told ANI, “This year we are celebrating the 61st Kali Puja festival. But on the demise of our iconic singer Zubeen Garg, we have decided not to organise any cultural programme. Other rit

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