Durga Puja 2008

  Mudiali Club pandal is a simple structure resembling a temple with Viamana.  Floors inside the ‘pandal’ have been laid with Granite slabs/tiles.  The walls have been adorned with sculptures made of plaster of Paris moulds.  
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Tridhara Sammilani’s Durga Puja ‘pandal’ has been designed on the lines of Padmanabhapuram Palace at Thuckalai in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.  It is located at about 63 kms from Thiruvananthapuram.  This is the largest wooden palace in India.  Though located in Tamilnadu, the palace is administered by  Kerala government’s Department of Archaeology. ...
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64 Pally Puja Parishad located at 45 Satish Mukherjee Road, Kalighat. Designed on the lines of Jain temples Jaisselmar, Rajasthan.   
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  This pandal at Naktala Road, Kolkata 700047 by Naktala Sammilani is modelled on the Hawa Mahal at Jaipur.  This is made of cloth wrapped on wooden structures designed like windows which are know as ‘Jharokas’.  In front of the pandal there is a lawn and fountain.   The interiors of the pandal is...
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In India, ‘Durga Puja’ is synonymous with West Bengal the way color rose is synonymous with rose flower.  The word ‘puja’ means worship and ‘Durga Puja’ is a festival of worshipping Goddess Durga.  Legend has it that Goddess Durga descended on the earth to take on the demon Mahisasur.  This festival usually falls in...
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