page_title: Konnagar
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Konnagar / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Konnagar Rabindra Bhavan taken from Konnagar Municipality website
context_page_description: Konnagar is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal in India. It is under Uttarpara police station in Serampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
context_section_description: To accommodate the cultural events in Konnagar, the Municipality erected an auditorium "Rabindra Bhawan". This auditorium was built under supervision of the then Chairman of Konnagar Municipality, Samir Bandyopadhyay and his group of advisers such as Bireswar Bandyopadhay, Bishnupada Dutta and other renowned cultural personalities from Konnagar. Rabindra Bhavan is now rented for conducting school programs, other cultural activities. Recently a bust of Shibchandra Deb, the founder of modern Konnagar, has been unveiled.
  A Book fair and Industrial Fair is also held every year by the Municipality at the Shakuntala Field in January/February.
  In Nabagram Vidyaprrth play ground every year book fair is organized in the month of January, and a food festival is also organized in Jagritri Sangha Math for 3 days in January every year.
caption: Konnagar Rabindra Bhavan - the Cultural Hub of the Town
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