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People each implicit India are celebrating Durga Puja during the Navaratri season. The event is celebrated for 10 days. This year, it is celebrated upto Thursday, October 2, 2025. For generations, Durga Puja has been much than a festival.
People are showcasing the festive ambiance by celebrating their jubilant temper successful the signifier of creatively made pandals. There are immoderate unsocial pandals made retired of wood, metal, coconut fibre, plastic, etc. The temper is lively not conscionable in West Bengal, but across the country. Some of 2025’s Puja pandals spanned themes ranging from nutrient adulteration to acerb onslaught victims. Workers successful the pandals come from districts crossed West Bengal to springiness signifier to the themed extravagant artwork that bring the Durga Pooja to beingness successful different states.
Even enactment workers of Kolkata conducted the 13th variation of their ain Durga Pooja warring societal stigma and showing resilience. With Kolkata facing incessant rains, immoderate Durga Pooja pandals were flooded, leaving organisers to repair the damages.
Take a look astatine images from each implicit the country:
Photo: DEBASISH BHADURI
Kolkata: Durga pooja artwork displayed astatine a southbound Kolkata pandal successful Haridevpur 41 Pally. People successful Kolkata person created a batch of expansive pandals crossed the city.
Photo: PTI
Kolkata: A idiosyncratic decorates a pandal with utilized integrative bottles connected the taxable of 'environment'.
Photo: PTI
Prayagraj: An illuminated presumption of a pandal themed connected "Sheesh Mahal" (Palace of Mirrors), during the 'Durga Puja' festival.
Photo: ANI
Guwahati: A devotee offers prayers to Goddess Durga.
Photo: K.R. Deepak
Visakhapatnam: Devotees performing puja successful Old Town.
Photo: BISWARANJAN ROUT
Bhubaneswar: Crowd gathers adjacent a immense puja pandal to witnesser the Durga Pooja festivities.
Photo: DEBASISH BHADURI
Kolkata: Dakshindari youths portrayed acerb onslaught survivors arsenic their Durga puja taxable for 2025.
Photo: PTI
Bhubaneswar: An illuminated presumption of the Saheed Nagar pandal.
Photo: ANI
Puri: Sand creator Sudarsan Pattnaik has created soil creation for squad India's triumph successful Asia Cup last with goddess Durga idol astatine Puri Beach.
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Bhubaneswar: People’s originative pursuits are disposable astatine a majestic pandal.
Photo: KVS Giri
Vijayawada: The enactment that goes in, up of Dasara festival. Artists person to make respective idols for the Navaratri season.
Photo: H.S. Manjunath
Mangaluru: An creator making the idol for Durga Pujja Samithi of Bengali Association.
Photo: M. Periasamy
Coimbatore: Idol makers from Kolkata bring live Goddess Durga.
Photo: V. Raju
Visakhapatnam: An creator engaged giving last touches to the idol of Goddess Durga astatine Kancharapalem.
Photo: Ragu R
Chennai: Durga idol artists enactment successful T. Nagar, astatine the Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya.
Photo: ANI
Nagpur: Devotees transportation an idol of Goddess Durga during the Navratri festival celebration.
Photo: PTI
Ranchi: An illuminated presumption of a ample pandal shows the jubilant temper successful different cities also.
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Kolkata: A clergyman prepares to commune successful beforehand of an idol of the goddess Durga placed connected an altar.
Photo: ANI
Kolkata: A presumption of a pandal based connected the taxable of “Operation Sindoor”.
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Kolkata: A presumption of Simla Byayam Samity’s Durga Puja pandal connected the juncture of Maha Shasti.
Photo: PTI
Kolkata: People sojourn the Kashi Bose Lane pandal themed connected 'Pakdondi'.
Photo: PTI
Nadia: A presumption of a pandal themed connected Kedarnath temple during 'Durga Puja' festival, successful Nadia, West Bengal.
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Kolkata: People sojourn a assemblage pandal themed connected 'Old Calcutta'.
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Kolkata: An idol of Goddess Durga installed astatine a assemblage puja pandal.
