Art is celebrated through Durga Puja installations across nation
26 Sept 2017 11:23 AM IST26 Sept 2017 11:23 AM IST
Annual Hindu festival that reveres the ten-armed-goddess, Durga Puja has transformed from being a ritual to a carnival celebrating art.
From a 100-foot-tall Durga idol in Guwahati, to Buckingham Palace in Kolkata, India celebrates the autumnal festival of the 10-armed-goddess Durga (Photo: PTI, AP)- A priest fixes a banana plant near a Hindu goddess Durga idol at a worship venue ahead of Durga Puja festival in Gauhati. (Photo: AP)
- Sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture of Goddess Durga at Nepali Basti Mandir in Dimapur, Nagaland. (Photo: PTI)
- The idol of Devi Durga at Rani rashmoni's house is being decorated with ornaments in Kolkata. During the hey days of the puja the house saw cultural functions like Jatra and Kabigaan where artists came from all across Bengal. (Photo: PTI)
- A view of a Durga puja pandal in North Kolkata's Durga Puja. Started in 1919, this is one of the oldest community pujas in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)
- A community Durga puja pandal based on theme of communal harmony during Maha Panchami of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata (Photo: PTI)
- NCC cadets take selfie in front of a structure in the shape of a soccer ball symbolizing FIFA World Cup U-17 (Photo: PTI)
- 'Dhaakis' showing their art in front of Sealdah station in Kolkata on Sunday, awaiting to be hired ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja festival (Photo: PTI)
- A pandal decked up with lamps in Kolkata housing an idol of the goddess Durga (Photo: PTI)
- Buckingham Palace in London comes alive at Santosh Mitra Square puja pandal in Central Kolkata (Photo: PTI)
- Workers of Bhartiya Yuvak Sangh made puja pandal on the theme of ''Unity is Strength'' for Durga Puja festival at Uppar Bazaar in Ranchi (Photo: PTI)
- Workers prepare a 100-foot bamboo idol of the Hindu deity Durga in Guwahati for the upcoming festival on Saturday. The 100ft idol of Durga is aimed at breaking the Guinness World Records for the tallest bamboo sculpture. (Photo: PTI)
- A view of a community Durga puja pandal made up by bottles in Kolkata (Photo: PTI)
From a 100-foot-tall Durga idol in Guwahati, to Buckingham Palace in Kolkata, India celebrates the autumnal festival of the 10-armed-goddess Durga (Photo: PTI, AP)
Annual Hindu festival that reveres the ten-armed-goddess, Durga Puja has transformed from being a ritual to a carnival celebrating art.
Next Story