Durga Puja is one of the most auspicious events of the year the city of North Kolkata. It is held every year to honor the Goddess Durga for appreciation. Since the countdown for Durga Puja 2018 has officially begun now, you can be sure to have a great week ahead filled with joy, delight and a time to make lifelong memories with your loved ones.
As per the weather forecast, the North Kolkata Durga Puja might experience some heavy downpour this monsoon. But, don’t let this get in the way of all the fun you can have during the holy week and come down to Kolkata for an amazing time. This will help you to relax with your family and enjoy some holy peace with millions of devotees and worshipers.
Besides this, if you are the kind of person who enjoys crazy parties, you can join the festival’s celebrations which are filled with frenzy and craze. There are also the worshipers who host night long pujas or jaagrans to show their devotion to the Goddess.
With all this excitement going around, it is easy to lose yourself and forget about all your troubles only to get tranced away in the celebration. Here is a list of Durga Puja in Kolkata to help you stay focuses on the most important events. Let’s take a look at some of the main events of the festival.
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The famous Durga Puja in North Kolkata is well known for creating new and innovative gorgeous themes for each year’s celebration. And this year, the Sreebhumi Sporting Club has proposed the theme of the Indian movie legend Bahubali. Here, the famous North Kolkata Puja Pandals are being decorated to be a replica of the Mahishmati Palace in the movie. With all of this in place, it is safe to say that the ancient kingdom shown in the movie has been recreated perfectly for the puja. This will stir a wave of excitement amongst all the Bahubali fans visiting North Kolkata for the Puja.
The Santosh Miltra Square, which was formerly called Sealdah Sarbojanin Durgotsav, is the main venue for the puja. This has also gotten people excited for its theme this year. The pandals here have decided upon a theme of London City Artwork, and it is a sight worth seeing. The idol of Goddess Durga has been positioned to be an image of the Buckingham Palace.
Other popular monuments of London such as the Big Ben, Town Bridge and London Eye have been placed in such a way that their miniatures are hard to distinguish from the originals except for the size of course. The idol is dressed in a saree made of pure 22 karat gold. It has been designed by the world-famous fashion designer Agnimitra Paul.
If you look at any list of North Kolkata Durga Puja, you are bound to get excited about the pandal decoration in the Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja. This year, their theme has been decided to be the models of various animals which are considered sacred to Goddess Durga. A giant model of an elephant has been made on top of the pandal and all the other animals have been placed around it as decoration.
The idol of the Goddess, or Durga Pratima has been made immensely beautiful and dressed in red and white saree. The jewelry of the idol made from white stone looks absolutely stunning. This Puja Pandal has been famous amongst devotees every year and this year too, it is bound to spark some joy.
The Jagat Mukherjee Park of Sovabazar is bound to get the crowds going with their amazingly innovative theme of a live submarine. In this theme, the Puja Pandal has been decorated in the blue and white theme of being underwater. It features boats, submarines, and even an underwater themed idol of the Goddess. The Puja Pandal is to be inaugurated by Shri Sourav Ganguly and Jhulan Goswami. This innovative theme will steal the devotees’ hearts.
The traditional decorations and beautiful pandal arrangement of the College Square Durga Puja is simply unbeatable. The Puja Pandal has been decorated with a fantastic display of blue lightening and the idol of the Goddess is kept inside this lightening. The College Square Durga Puja began back in 1948, right after the independence of our nation. Since then, this Puja Pandal has been illuminating the puja area with their beautiful light and traditional celebrations. People from all over the country come to see the fireworks display organized by this Pandal, and the reflection of it in the nearby lake. This also makes this Puja a major hotspot for photographers.
This Durga Puja has always been famous among devotees from all over the nation for the beautiful display of artworks done on the Puja Pandal. This year, the Dum Dum Park Yubak Brinda will celebrate its 51st anniversary. The committee that organizes this puja has created a village for the Santhals and all the artwork on the Puja Pandal has been done by them. Several of the Cultural events in this puja are based of off the Santhal Culture and it has caught the devotees’ eyes already. It is expected that a large crowd would be going crazy around this Puja Pandal in the trance of devotion.
This is one of the most popular themed Puja Pandals in the Durga Puja celebrations. Many of the Kashi Bose Lane Durga Puja Committee of North Kolkata have themed the puja as “How music resonated in our lives and surroundings. They have turned the theme of the puja to that of music and the celebration of this breathtaking artform which is involved in every puja. The goal of the committee is to reach out the people and somehow spread the soul of music to them and make them learn of its importance.
As seen here, the annual Durga Puja has gotten the crowds all worked up for the celebration and ready to honor the Goddess Durga. All the Puja Pandals are set with their themes and ready to start the festival.
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