Kolkata hosts an exhibition on Bengali Dhoti-Punjabi tradition

The inauguration took place at 4 pm at the Samajsebi Puja premises.

The atmosphere, stalls, and lighting are all intertwined with the tradition of the landlords of Bengal.

The guests were members of some landlord houses of Kolkata which include Umesh Chandra Banerjee House, Chorbagan Zamindar House, Shobhabazar Rajbari and Lahabari.

Every member of these houses was dressed in Bengali culture.

Caravan founders Arghya De told media: "Although many of Kolkata's big landlord houses and wealthy families are struggling to survive, their Babu culture is being lost. People are going to shopping malls instead of markets, and tea drinking has now moved to cafes, so this is their initiative to bring back that Babu culture."

Co-founder Rajiv Das said: "The Babus can no longer go to the banks of the Ganges in Fitton cars to enjoy the fresh air, and that traditional clothes are almost non-existent. Keeping that in mind, he showed off their Babu culture by having the members of all these landlord families drive vintage cars in traditional looks.So that a piece of that Babu culture can be regained through this."

(Images by Arpita Das/IBNS)