Sunday, October 09, 2005

Durga Puja : The Grand Festival of India !

Durga Puja

This is the most famous religious festival of India. Not only pious Indians celebrate it, but people from all classes and all religions participate in the enjoyment. The streets are all flooded in the colours of light and beautiful pandals peek from here and there. The enthralling beats of dholak, fills the soul with esctacy and joy. People from all over the state come over to Calcutta to visit the different puja sites, which are awesome pieces of art by master craftsmen.

Click here for a flavour of Dhol !
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This is the famous Ekdalia Evergreen pandal 2005 made of wood and cloth.
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This is one of thousands of street lightings of Durga Pandals
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This is the Mudiali Club pandal
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For more details, refer to Calstreet .

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