FESTIVESPIRIT/GOD’SARTISTS
Making
goddess of a
Craftsmen have
been working round
the clock to give
shape to the
pandals — most of
which boast
innovative themes
Below, the Janakalyan
Sangha of Buro Shibtala,
Behala, West Bengal, has
created a piece of rural
Bengal, complete with
green paddy fields, a
stream and bushes.
They reportedly began
constructing this after
last year’s puja, sowing
hundreds of saplings
Craftsmen work on the New Alipore Suruchi Sangha pandal in Kolkata. Innovative themes over the past 57 years
have made this pandal one of the biggest crowd pullers in the city. The theme this year is Kashmir
