Durga Puja is one of the most celebrated festivals in India, particularly in West Bengal. During the festival, numerous pandals, including theme-based and the community ones, were installed to showcase creativity of the artisans as well as the devotion of the people at large. This year, the celebrations began on October 9 and is on till October 13, 2024.
In Assam’s Nagaon, the Titanic ship that sank a century ago, drifted afloat in the form of Maa Durga, on the shores of a community ‘puja pandal’, during the Durga Puja festival, on October 11, 2024.
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A pandal displays Goddess Durga placed on an alter inside a “Lajja (shame)“, highlighting outrage around the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government-run hospital in August, during Durga Puja festival celebrations, in Kolkata, on October 11, 2024.
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What if Maa Durga drives a tractor, motivating farmers? A view of a painting from a community puja pandal, during the Durga Puja festival, at Papuri village, in Birbhum, on October 11, 2024.
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In Assam’s Nagaon, ‘Nature’ has its due place in addition to the various other theme-based pandals installed, during the Durga Puja festival, on October 11, 2024.
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A view of a community ‘puja pandal’ during Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, on October 11, 2024.
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A view of a community ‘puja pandal’ during Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, on October 11, 2024.
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A priest worships an idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga placed on an altar inside a pandal marking Durga Puja festival celebrations, in Kolkata, on October 11, 2024.
Published – October 12, 2024 02:33 pm IST