Call from Mount Kailash......

DURGA PUJA: PART 7

A SENSE OF KOLKATA...

The Spirit of Durga recreated in Faridabad

Faridabad is a metropolitan city located in the state of Haryana in North West India. It is part of the National Capital Region. Every year when the Navratris (9 days of religious celebrations and prayer) arrive to lead to the festival of Dussehra (10^th day) that signifies the victory of Good over Evil, the city is engulfed in the hustle and bustle of Durga and her deities. People throng the pandals from one place to another amidst food, fun, celebrations and meeting old and new friends and relatives. It is a time when the community comes together to celebrate and revive a sense, a spirit of home; recreated through the Durga Puja pandals, celebrations and rituals.

The following are few glimpses of Kolkatan spirit recreated and manifested in the pandals and entities around them.

The many faces of Durga....a look at different pandals in Sector- 29, 30 and 31 in Faridabad, Haryana.

A look at Maa Durga in Sector- 29, Faridabad, Haryana and the celebrations and people around her...

A glimpse of Pandal at Sector- 31, Springfield colony organised by Springfield Welfare & Cultural Association in 2014.

A glimpse of main puja pandal of Spring Field Durga Puja Committee, Sector- 31, Faridabad, Haryana, 2014.

A look at the pandal and event at  Indraprastha Bangiya Parishad, I. P. Colony, Sector- 30, Faridabad, Haryana, 2014.

We are welcomed to enter, through a different world to a different world...a glimpse of entrances at Spring Field Durga Puja Committee, Sector- 31, Faridabad, Haryana, 2014

The story of Kolkata’s life and events unfold on the geographical space of Faridabad.....

These motifs add a sense of culture, glamour and a flavour of modernity to the traditional puja...

A mosaic of Durga Puja and its spirit...

All photographs are clicked, edited and collaged by Kriti Kanaujia.

Author's Bio- Note:

Kriti Kanaujia is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Philosophy from Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her interest areas include urban planning and development, urban culture and society and urban aesthetics.