Transcending boundaries, the memories of singer Zubeen Garg will now be immortalised through his statue in the Cooch Behar town of Bengal.

It has also been learnt that a stage would be named after him at the upcoming ‘Rash Mela’, the biggest cultural festival in Cooch Behar. The Cooch Behar town is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district, which shares borders with Assam, Bhutan and Bangladesh.

Popular singer Zubeen Garg, 52, passed away on September 19 after a scuba diving accident in Singapore. He was in Singapore for the North East India Festival, where he was also supposed to perform.

“Zubin Garg represents the culture of North Eastern India, and Cooch Behar is a part of it. There is a social and special connection between Zubin and Cooch Behar. He has performed here many times,

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