This Durga Pujo, let's go pandal hopping through India.
Artisans install a 100-foot bamboo idol of Durga, which is aimed at breaking the Guinness World Records for the tallest bamboo sculpture ever made, in Guwahati, Assam.
Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters.
The Durga idol of Kumartuli in Kolkata.
Photograph: @bengaltour/Instagram.
A pandal in Delhi's Chittaranjan Park.
Photograph: @sodelhi/Instagram.
A true blue Gujarati celebration of Durga Pujo in Ahmedabad.
Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters.
This year a pandal in Kolkata, the Sreebhumi Sporting Club, has recreated the Mahishmati palace from the film Baahubali. It is being touted as the most expensive pandal of the year and is a hot favourite among pandal hoppers in Kolkata.
Photograph: @dushdushyant/Instagram.
The Kolkata pandals are world famous for their innovation.
Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters.
At the Tridhara Sammilani Puja in South Kolkata.
Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters.
The Deshopriyo Park pandal in Kolkata is among the more creative ones this year with its theme of Wat Rong Khun, Thailand's White Temple in Chiang Rai.
The idols inside also stay true to theme.
Photograph: PTI Photo and @arunava_leo/Instagram.
South Kolkata's Hindustan Park Sarbojonin pandal has taken inspiration from Native Americans and their culture.
Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters.
Another has been inspired by the Buckingham Palace!
Photograph: PTI Photo.
Another famous pandal of Kolkata is the one by Badamtala Ashar Sangha.
Photograph: @moumitatg/Instagram.
Almost every pandal in West Bengal tells a story.
Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters.
And there is nothing quite like the majesty of the goddess.
Photograph: @arunava_leo/Instagram.
So, bring out those cameras for the carnival that is Durga Pujo.
Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters.
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