In Pictures: Durga Puja Celebrations Beyond Kolkata

In Pictures: Durga Puja celebrations beyond Kolkata

A Durga idol decorated with silver filigree jewellery in Cuttack, Odisha. (Courtesy: Bhakta B Rath)

The festival of Dussehra is celebrated to commemorate the triumph of good over evil. It signifies the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasur. It also marks the death of the demon Ravan, at the hands of Ram. The entire festival lasts for ten days, with each day having its own significance.

Durga Puja forms a major part of the festival and is carried out with great fanfare not only in West Bengal but all over the country.

Devotees gather as a priest worships the idol of Hindu goddess Durga at a pandal during the Durga Puja festival in Ahmedabad. (Photo: Reuters)

Statue on the Make in India theme inside a pandal in Guwahati. (Courtesy: Anjana Dutta)

Statue on the Make in India theme inside a pandal in Guwahati (Courtesy: Anjana Dutta)

People visiting a community Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata (Photo: PTI)

Idol made by using clocks in Guwahati. (Courtesy: Anjana Dutta)

Entrance of a Durga Puja pandal made out of wood and wax in the style of a Shiv temple in Bhubaneswar. (Courtesy: Bhakta B Rath)

A 50 ft tall Durga Puja pandal gate in Bhubaneswar done in the Medinipur architecture style (Courtesy: Bhakta B Rath)

A community Durga Puja pandal built with drums in Kolkata (Photo: PTI)

65 ft tall Durga Puja pandal gate made out of jute and sand, designed in the shape of a huge ship in Bhubaneswar (Courtesy: Bhath B Rath)

Millions of safety pins used in the backdrop of the Durga idol. (Courtesy: Scott FurssedonnWood‘s Twitter page)

Worlds tallest cemented Durga idol at Deshapriya Park in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Widows of Vrindavan (mostly from West Bengal) dance during their visit at Aaram Bagh Durga Pandal which is themed “Women empowerment” this year, organised by the Aaram Bagh Puja Samiti at Paharganj in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

A Durga Puja pandal themed on Lord Krishna at Teliapatty in Nagaon district of Assam (Photo: PTI)