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Durga Puja brightens up Delhi and Kolkata on Shashti
Arambagh puja committee will celebrate Durga Puja with DuggAmar- Empowering Widows from Mathura and Vrindavan.
Updated: October 19, 2015 12:36 IST
1 / 24Durga Puja celebrations at Arambagh at Panchkuian Road in New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
2 / 24Arambagh puja committee will celebrate Durga Puja with DuggAmar- Empowering Widows from Mathura and Vrindavan. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
3 / 24Rape & acid attack survivors will inaugurate the Arambagh Puja. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
4 / 24In a step to empower women, Arambagh puja committee will celebrate the pujas with widows from Mathura and Vrindavan. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
5 / 24Widows from Mathura and Vrindavan dance to the beat of drums at Arambagh puja. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
6 / 24A huge idol at the entrance of the Arambagh puja pandal. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
7 / 24The Aram Bagh Puja Samiti has been celebrating Durga puja since 1949. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
8 / 24Arambagh Durga Puja Samity celebrated its silver jubilee year in 2013. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
9 / 24Arambagh Durga Puja is one of the big budget pujas in the national capital. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
10 / 24This year too the Arambagh Durga Puja promises a new theme and celebrations on a grand scale. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
11 / 24The Durga puja celebrations at Minto Road in the national capital. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
12 / 24A man clicks photo of the Durga idol. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
13 / 24The Minto Road puja pandal all decked up for celebrations. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
14 / 24Started in 1940, this pandal has maintained the true essence of Bengali culture and traditions. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
15 / 24The tallest (88-feet) Durga idol in the world at Deshapriya Park in south Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
16 / 24A stampede on Sunday, on the auspicious day of Panchami, took place causing injury to 11 people. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
17 / 24Thousands of people visited the Deshapriya Park to catch a glimpse of the idol. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
18 / 24However, after the stampede Kolkata police evacuated Deshapriya park puja ground. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
19 / 24The puja pandal remains close till further police order. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
20 / 24The traffic around the ground was thrown out of gear, bringing vehicular movement to a standstill. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
21 / 24People throng to see UFO (uranta chaki) pandal at Santosh Mitra Square in Central Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
22 / 24A pandal shaped as UFO at Santosh Mitra Square in Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
23 / 24A Durga Puja pandal at Sealdah Railway Athletic club in central Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
24 / 24The pandal has been shaped as a replica of the United States Capitol building. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)
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