Shubho Nababarsho 1430

Bengali new year, pohela Baishakh and naboborsho in Bengal Pattachitra art style

শুভ নববর্ষের প্রীতি ও শুভেচ্ছা 🙏

A very Happy Bengali New Year and Shubho Nababarsho to everyone and wishing you all a prosperous new year. Let’s open a new chapter in our hal khata together.

On this auspicious day people get decked up in their new Poila Baishakh clothes, pay their blessings to Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha, shopkeepers and businessmen open their new hal khata or accounts book and clear out all the pending accounts from last year. And last but not the least, devour on mouth watering Bengali delicacies from Basanti pulao to mutton and definitely hilsa.

Bengali new year, pohela Baishakh and naboborsho invite in Bengal Pattachitra art style

This artwork has been heavily inspired from the magazine covers of Sandesh Patrika, which was under the editorship of Satyajit Ray along with many other prominent Bengali authors and poets. The artwork also attempts to combine the classic cover style with the traditional art style of Bengal Pattachitra. Afterall, what better way to celebrate Shubho Nababarsho and Poila Baishakh than reminiscing about the iconic Bengali figures and the traditions of Bengal.