Pandals for Durga Puja are being spruced up at various places in the city to welcome goddess Durga. The Garhwa town would witness different replication of decoration in pandals at different venues.
Several organisers of Durga Puja stated that this is the first time that they are decorating their pandals on replication of different temples. Teams of artisans and sculptors from Kolkata have arrived in the town and they have brought the clay which is collected from the Hooghly riverbed.
“They will use the clay to carve out idols of goddess Durga. The devotees would witness Bengal’s reflection in the idols at different pandals this time,” said an organiser.
Durga Puja Samitee, Tandawa stated that the external and internal appearance of the pandal would be identical to the Kali Bari temple of Kolkata. Durga Puja Committee Sonpurwa would give its pandal a look of the Buddha Temple of Sri lanka. Natraj Club Sahijana would bear a look of lord Shiva Temple at Kolkata. While Chiniya road committee has tried to give a look of Kolkata’s Durga Mandir to their pandal.
The preparations for the Durga Puja festival are in full swing and the markets are flooded with items like colorful ‘chunaris’, ‘lehengas’, garlands and other accessories.
The shops are offering huge range of readymade ‘puja thalis’ and ‘puja samigri’. Umesh Kumar, a shopkeeper said, “The nine-day fasting during Navratri is observed in the honour of goddess Durga who symbioses purity and power or ‘shakti’.