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Durga puja at Tridhara Sammilani

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Traditional durga puja at Tridhara Sammilani. Durga pratima (idol) made by Sanatan Rudra Pal.

Maddox Square Durga Puja

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Traditional durga puja at Maddox Square. Popular for adda (gossip), food and everything

Nalin sarkar street durga puja

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One of the popular puja in north kolkata. Fisher-man’s net and a boat structure used to decorate the pandal. Pandal theme was fisher men and sea.

Mudiali Shivmandir durga puja 2011

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Bamboo sticks and cane sticks used to make the pandal. One the popular durga puja in south kolkata. 

Durga puja at Lalabagan Sammilani

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Puja pandal theme was hand-pulled-rickshaw. Puja pandal was decorated with the stuff used by the rickshaw puller and other things used in their life style.

Durga puja at Laketown

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Puja pandal was decorated with modhubani art and craft.

Durga puja – Hatibagan Nabin Pally

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The theme of the pandal was laxmi puja in rural Bengal. Pandal decorated with alpanas and cane structure. 

Dumdum Park, Natundal, Durga puja

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Durga puja pandal theme here was a traditional puja theme. Ambience was like puja mandap in village surroundings. Pandal was decorated with kalighat paintings of Bengali tradition and goddess. A live performance of “ Laxmi panchali ” was there

Durga puja at Dumdum Park Bharatchakra

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One of the crowded puja pandals in kolkata for the year 2011. This is also a green theme puja pandal. The interior of the pandal was excellent and the idol of dedi durga was like a green tree.

Durga puja at chaltabagan

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Chaltabagan Durga puja pandal was decorated with glass chimneys of lanterns and other glass pieces. It is one of the famous durga puja pandal in the north kolkata.

Durga puja at Belgachia "save the green"

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Belgachia Durga puja pandal theme was “save the green”. It was one of the best pandal themes. It was built with natural plants and shrubs specially planted to create the pandal and surroundings. The plantation started about seven months before the Puja celebration in October. The idol of devi durga was like the plants coming out from the ground.

Durga puja at Ahiritola

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Ahiritola Durga puja pandal   Durga puja celebration at Ahiritola