Jharpada Durga Puja Committee known for its flamboyant decorations will create Maya Mahal, an imaginary palace, this year. Sixty artisans from West Bengal have been working for the last one month to create the 80 ft wide and 120 ft high…
Old Station Bazaar Durga Puja Pandal to Feature Replica from Bahubali Movie
Sarbajanina Durga Puja Samiti at Old Station Bazaar is adding more silver and gold to the backdrop for its idol this year. They were the first Puja committee to introduce the chandi medha tradition in Bhubaneswar, from this year Saheed Nagar also…
Saheed Nagar Durga Puja to feature Silver Filigree and Design similar to Delhi Swaminarayan Temple
Saheed Nagar Durga Puja Committee is using a whopping 2.5 quintals of silver to create the Chandi Medha and Gate design features Delhi Swaminarayan Temple. Only the crown of the Durga idol was made of silver earlier.The Silver Filigree…
In Cuttack, Durga Puja is a golden affair, literally : A nice blog by Diana Sahu
In the Silver City of Cuttack, Durga Puja is unique in more ways than one. While the neighbouring State of West Bengal hosts the autumn festival with theme-based pandals and idols, Odisha’s Millennium City of Cuttack decorates the Mother…
Being in Bhubaneswar, my heart rests at Cuttack, during Durga Puja: by Panchami Manoo Ukil
SHARADIYA ABHINANDAN. Abiding childhood Dassehra memories are of an unfailing trip to the famous Cuttack Chandi Mandir and Gada Chandi Mandir in Cuttack on the morning of Vijaya Dashami. My father who remains a stoic non-believer in anything in the…
How Odia Tweeples Discussed about Durga Puja in Odisha, take a look
All Tweets Captured here
Devdutt Pattanaik writes how Durga Puja Origins track to Odisha’s Gosani jatra
Come Durga Puja, there’s a flood of articles on the origin of the festival in the zamindari culture of Bengal, which sought to appease the East India Company in the 18th century. Not one has any reference to the…
Some Awesome Durga Puja Pandals in Rourkela
Thanks to Sambit Nayak for these pictures.
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