In Kumartuli in Kolkata, artisans make the clay idols for Durga Puja. In September 2019 the Millennium Post found them “working round-the-clock.” “We have to deliver all the idols before October 2,” said the artisan Indrajit Paul. The rush “begins on the day of Rath,” the chariot festival.
In June 2025 an artisan told the same paper: “Once Rath Yatra is over, we’ll have to start working double shifts to get everything done in time.”