There is a famous play written on nabanna by Bijon Bhattacharya which depicts the sad incident of the great Bengal Famine of 1943.
There are huge number of cultural activists, organisations & performing in a day long festival.... People from several villages of Howrah and even from other districts of West Bengal come here.
Bengal's time-honoured culture and heritage will be presented to you in forms of Baul song, Chhou-dance, Jatra, Tarja, Kobi-gaan, etc.
These artists come from different parts of the state to perform their talent and expertise in front of thousands of appreciative gatherings.
The path-breaking production Nabanna of the IPTA in the 1940s, has been a motivating force in the left-tilted political approach of the next few decades on the stage[5] where luminaries like Utpal Dutt will glow with brilliance...