Sonagachi (RED) Light Area Durga Puja
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Red light Area in Kolkata
Red light Area in Kolkata called Sonagachi one of the popular Red Light area in the World, This Red Light Area Organised Durga Puja also, here some sneak peak of their preparation of biggest festival in kolkata
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee Durga Puja 2019
143/C Masjid Bari Street
Sonagachi, Kolkata
Sonagachi (সোনাগাছি ) is India's largest red-light district. Its area contains several hundred multi-story brothels and an estimated 11,000 sex workers (2012). Sonagachi is located in North Kolkata near the intersection of Chittaranjan Avenue and Shobhabazar with Beadon Street, about one kilometer north of Kolkata's Marble Palace area.
In Bengali, Sona Gachi means 'Tree of Gold'. As per historian Mr. PIT Nair, during the early days of the city, the area was the den of a notorious Muslim dacoit by the name of Sanaullah, who lived here with his mother. On his death, the grieving woman is said to have heard a voice coming from their hut, saying, “Mother, don’t cry. I have become a Gazi”, and so the legend of Sona Gazi started. The Sona Gazi was converted into Sonagachi.
Today, several NGOs and government organizations operate here for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) including AIDS. The book Guilty Without Trial by the founders of the NGO Sanlaap based much of their research into human trafficking in India on this area.
Sonagachi 2005
The Sonagachi project is a sex workers' cooperative that operates in the area and empowers sex workers to insist on condom use and to stand up against abuse. Run by the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee It was founded by public health scientist Smarajit Jana in 1992 but is now largely run by the prostitutes themselves. While some are crediting DMSC with keeping a relatively low rate of HIV infection among prostitutes in Sonagachi—5.17% of the 13,000 prostitutes in Sonagachi are estimated to be HIV positive —this HIV rate is in fact no different than the average HIV rate for female prostitutes in India, which is estimated to be 5.1% (The HIV infection rate among prostitutes as well as among the general population varies widely by region in India.)
According to some sources, prostitutes from Sonagachi who test HIV positive are not told about the results, and live with the disease without knowing about it "because the DMSC is worried that HIV positive women will be ostracized." Some prostitutes in Sonagachi have stated that "the clients, at least three quarters of them" refuse to use condoms and "if we force them to use the condom, they will just go next door. There are so many women working here, and in the end, everyone is prepared to work without protection for fear of losing trade.”
Mahalaya 2019 Saturday 28th September 2019
Maha Panchami 2019 Thursday 3rd October 2019
Maha Sasthi 2019 Friday 4th October 2019
Maha Saptami 2019 Saturday 5th October 2019
Maha Ashtami 2019 Sunday 6th October 2019
Maha Nabami 2019 Monday 7th October 2019
Bijaya Dashami 2019 Tuesday 8th October 2019
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