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#PujaPics: Have you seen a Durga idol so beautiful?

October 10, 2016 15:40 IST
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We'd asked you, dear readers to send us photographs of your Durga Puja celebrations.
Here are some interesting pictures we received from you.

Take a look. 

IMAGE: Subhranil Ghosh shared this gorgeous image of Maa Durga installed at Kumartuli Street, Shobhabazar, Kolkata.
Formed in 1995, the organisers of this pandal are particularly creative while coming up with themes every year.

IMAGE: Here's another avatar of the Goddess clicked by Subhranil Ghosh at Kumartuli.

IMAGE: While the rituals were in progress, Monami Sengupta captured Devi Durga with her children at Pune Kali Bari.

IMAGE: Monami also sent a photograph of the idol placed at Roha Palace, Koregaon Park, Pune.

IMAGE: Meanwhile Ajay Gour from Bajeria Chowk, Nagpur sent this unusual idol of the Goddess along with her husband Lord Shiva.

IMAGE: Debashish Chatterjee shared the image of an idol created by Kolkata-based artist Rudra Pal. It was brought in a truck to Mumbai and is currently installed at Navjeevan Sangha in Mulund West, Mumbai. 

IMAGE: The exquisite LED lightworks have been orchestrated by famous craftsmen from Kolkata, says Debashish, vice president of the Navajeevan Sangha.

IMAGE: We were transfixed by the beauty of this big-eyed idol!
Kolkata-resident Ankita
 Banerjee spotted it at Kolkata's Maddox Square.

IMAGE: The dhaakis (drummers) uplifted the mood of the devotees as the pandit (priest) carried on with the puja, says Anita, who clicked this picture at Thakur Village, Kandivli, Mumbai.

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