Pujo Aashche! Bengal readies for the biggest party of the year
The countdown for Durga Puja 2022 has begun. People in West Bengal are readying to host its favourite deity, Durga Maa. You can feel the excitement in the air
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Artists give final touches to the idols of goddess Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartikeya and Ganesh in a community pandal in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur. This year the festival will be celebrated from 1 October to 5 October. ANI
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A woman prepares decorative materials to put up in a pandal ahead of Durga Pujo in Bhawanipur, Kolkata. The festival celebrates good over evil. ANI
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A clay idol of goddess Durga being loaded into a truck for transportation ahead of Durga Puja festival. According to Hindu mythology, it is believed that the goddess visits her earthly abode during this time. PTI
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An artisan paints a clay idol of Goddess Durga at a workshop, ahead of the celebrations of Durga Puja, in West Bengal’s Nadia. PTI
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Kolkata’s Sree Bhumi Puja Pandal has been designed on the theme of ‘Vatican City’ this year. The Kolkata Metro Railway authority has announced that train services will run all through the night during the last three days on the North-South corridor. ANI
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A man collects lotus from a roadside pond for the upcoming Durga Puja festival, in Bankura. This year, the festival earmarked its place on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. ANI
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